THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT,
v.
KENNETH L. THOMPSON, APPELLEE

Fla. 3d DCA | 1984-01-24
No. 83-1663
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARK-DULL and HUBBART, JJ.
444 So. 2d 542 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1984) Negative Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. Major v. State, 389 So. 2d 1203 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980), rev. denied, 408 So. 2d 1096 (Fla.1981); State v. Carney, 423 So. 2d 511 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982); Luxenburg v. State, 384 So. 2d 742 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980); Moorehead v. State, 378 So. 2d 123 (Fla. 2d DCA 1980); Rose v. State, 369 So. 2d 447 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979).


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