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MOSES JONES, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm although we hereby certify to the Florida Supreme Court the following question of great public importance:

Harris v. State, 438 So.2d 787 (Fla. 1983), recognizes a constitutional right of an accused in a capital case to have the jury instructed as to necessarily lesser included offenses and that the violation of that right constitutes fundamental error, a waiver of which, to be effective, must be made on the record knowingly and intelligently by the accused personally rather than by counsel. Do those charged with non-capital crimes enjoy this constitutional right as well as those charged with capital crimes?

AFFIRMED.

ORFINGER, FRANK D. UPCHURCH, Jr., and COWART, JJ., concur.

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JONES v. STATE
(Nov 29, 1984)