PRENTICE SNIPES, APPELLANT,
v.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 3d DCA | 1985-11-12
No. 85-2171
Before Daniel S. PEARSON, FERGUSON and JORGENSON, JJ.
478 So. 2d 862 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1985) Caution
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Knight v. State, 394 So. 2d 997 (Fla.1981); White v. State, 377 So. 2d 1149 (Fla.1979), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 845, 101 S.Ct. 129, 66 L.Ed.2d 54 (1980); Thomas v. State, 326 So. 2d 413 (Fla.1975); State v. Stirrup, 469 So. 2d 845 (Fla.3d DCA 1985); Anderson v. State, 467 So. 2d 781 (Fla.3d DCA 1985).


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