GREG OSCARSON, APPELLANT,
v.
ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, ETC., APPELLEE

Fla. 5th DCA | 1998-12-31
No. 98-1842
COBB, HARRIS and PETERSON, JJ., concur.
725 So. 2d 404 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (1998) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See § 90.605(1), Fla. Stat.; United States v. Fowler, 605 F. 2d 181, 185 (5th Cir.1979), cert. denied, 445 U.S. 950, 100 S.Ct. 1599, 63 L.Ed.2d 785 (1980); Spaulding v. Estate of Frey, 666 So. 2d 935, 936 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995).

COBB, HARRIS and PETERSON, JJ., concur.


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