TRENT v. STATE

No. 80-951.

403 So.2d 1131 (1981)

Christopher TRENT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied October 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Anthony Calvello, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Stewart J. Bellus, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


LETTS, Chief Judge.

This cause is reversed and remanded upon the authority of Richardson v. State, 398 So.2d 1010 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981) which we adopt as the law of the Fourth District.

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