STATE v. TASCARELLA

No. 75551.

580 So.2d 154 (1991)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Allen TASCARELLA and Barbara Ambs Tascarella, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 16, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Georgina Jimenez-Orosa, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Richard L. Rosenbaum of the Law Offices of Richard L. Rosenbaum, and Gene Reibman, Fort Lauderdale, for respondents.


McDONALD, Justice.

We review State v. Tascarella, 559 So.2d 1165, 1166 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990), in which the district court certified the following question as being of great public importance:

Is it an abuse of discretion to exclude evidence as a sanction against the state where government agents disregard a court order because they are restricted by law from disclosing information without approval?

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