WILLIAM BOWEN AND WAYNE WOODARD, APPELLANTS,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. | 1976-02-26
No. 47243
ADKINS, C. J., and BOYD, OVER-TON, ENGLAND, SUNDBERG and HATCHETT, JJ., concur.
328 So. 2d 199 Florida Supreme Court (1976) Caution
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. Johnson v. State, 314 So. 2d 573 (Fla.1975).

ADKINS, C. J., and BOYD, OVER-TON, ENGLAND, SUNDBERG and HATCHETT, JJ., concur.


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