SC09-1045 – Christopher Johnson v. State of Florida

State: Florida

Docket No: SC09-1045

Case Date: 01/05/2012

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CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. [January 5, 2012] QUINCE, J. This case is before the Court for review of the decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Johnson v. State, 6 So. 3d 1262 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009). The district court's decision expressly affects a class of constitutional or state officers. Additionally, the Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel (RCC) alleges the Fourth Districts decision expressly and directly conflicts with the decision of the Third District in State v. Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, 12 So. 3d 798 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009) (" Public Defender"), review granted, 34 So. 3d 2 (Fla. 2010), on the same question of law. We have jurisdiction. See art. V,

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