
    Rafael RIVERO, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
    No. SC00-806.
    Supreme Court of Florida.
    July 12, 2001.
    Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Andrew Stanton, Assistant Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, FL, for Petitioner.
    Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Michael J. Neimand, Bureau Chief, and Alison B. Cutler, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Respondent.
   PER CURIAM.

We have for review a decision on the following question certified to be of great public importance:

DOES THE CRIME OF ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER EXIST IN FLORIDA?

Rivero v. State, 752 So.2d 1244, 1245 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000). We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(4) of the Florida Constitution. We recently answered the same certified question in the affirmative in Brown v. State, 790 So.2d 389 (Fla.2001). Accordingly, we approve the result in Rivero on this issue.

It is so ordered.

WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, LEWIS, and QUINCE, JJ., concur.

HARDING, J., dissents with an opinion, in which ANSTEAD and PARIENTE, JJ., concur.

HARDING, J.,

dissenting.

I dissent for the reasons stated in my dissenting opinion in Brown v. State, 790 So.2d 389 (Fla.2001).

ANSTEAD and PARIENTE, JJ., concur.  