State v. Silvestri
| Decision Date | 16 December 1976 |
| Docket Number | No. 49751,49751 |
| Citation | 340 So.2d 928 |
| Parties | STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Marlene SILVESTRI, Respondent. |
| Court | Florida Supreme Court |
Writ of Certiorari to District Court of Appeal, Fourth District.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Anthony J. Golden, Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioner.
Robert L. Saylor, North Palm Beach, for respondent.
This case is before the Court on a Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the District Court of Appeal, Fourth District, 332 So.2d 351.
The Court is of the opinion that the Petition for Writ of Certiorari should be and is hereby granted, the filing of briefs on the merits is dispensed with and the decision of the District Court of Appeal is hereby approved on the authority of King v. State of Florida, Fla., 339 So.2d 172, opinion filed October 7, 1976.
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