DEBBIE ANN TODD, PETITIONER,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Fla. | 1985-10-31
No. 66061
BOYD, C.J., and OVERTON, MCDONALD, EHRLICH and SHAW, JJ., concur., ADKINS, J., dissents.
478 So. 2d 47 Florida Supreme Court (1985) Negative Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

This case is before the Court on petition for review of the decision of the court below reported as Todd v. State, 455 So. 2d 1154 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984). Having accepted the case for review and having carefully considered the petitioner’s argument, we approve the decision of the district court of appeal. See State v. Bussey, 463 So. 2d 1141 (Fla.1985).

It is so ordered.

BOYD, C.J., and OVERTON, MCDONALD, EHRLICH and SHAW, JJ., concur. ADKINS, J., dissents.


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