DONALD FRANK SWIHART, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 5th DCA | 1998-12-11
No. 98-645
GOSHORN and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.
721 So. 2d 810 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (1998) Negative Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
COBB, Judge.

COBB, Judge.

We grant appellants’ motion for rehearing and certification, rescind our prior opinion, and issue the following opinion:

We affirm on the authority of State v. Baxley, 684 So. 2d 831 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996), rev. denied, 694 So. 2d 737 (Fla.1997). Accord State v. Hayes, 23 Fla. L. Weekly D2184, 720 So. 2d 1095 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998). Contra State v. Holland, 689 So. 2d 1268 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997), State v. Perry, 716 So. 2d 327 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998).

We certify conflict with Holland and Perry,

GOSHORN and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.


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