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Supreme Court of Florida· 2/9/2006

State v. Barnum

Citations

  • 921 So. 2d 513
  • 2005 WL 2296638

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  • holding that “decisions of the district courts represent the law of the state, binding all Florida trial courts” unless there is “interdistrict con- flict”
  • holding that “decisions of the district courts represent the law of the state, binding all Florida trial courts” unless there is “interdistrict con- flict”
  • explaining that “the reversal of a district court interpretation of a statute . . . necessarily changes the law as it ex- isted at the time of a defendant’s conviction”
  • addressing the retroactivity of Thompson v. State, 695 So. 2d 691 (Fla. 1997)
  • rejecting any “clarification versus change” in law distinction and holding that retroactivity of decisional law in Florida is controlled solely by Witt
  • finding the Florida Supreme Court’s holding in Thompson v. State, 695 So. 2d 691, 693 (Fla. 1997) that a jury must find the defendant had knowledge of the victim’s status as an law enforcement officer “is not retroactive”

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Judges: Lewis

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