Dortch v. State

Full title: VERNSON EDWARD DORTCH, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

Court: Florida Court of Appeals, Fourth District

Date published: Jun 30, 2021

No. 4D16-2815 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Jun. 30, 2021)

Opinion

4D16-2815 4D16-2816

06-30-2021

VERNSON EDWARD DORTCH, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Benjamin Eisenberg, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Joseph D. Coronato, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Per Curiam.

No motion for rehearing will be accepted.

Consolidated appeals from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Okeechobee County; Dan L. Vaughn, Judge; L.T. Case Nos. 472015CF000526A and 472016CF000140A.

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Benjamin Eisenberg, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Joseph D. Coronato, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA

Per Curiam.

On May 20, 2021, the Supreme Court of Florida quashed our en banc opinion in Dortch v. State, 242 So.3d 431 (Fla. 4th DCA 2018), and remanded the case with instructions. State v. Dortch, No. SC18-681, 2021 WL 2006565, at *9 (Fla. May 20, 2021). In accordance with the supreme court's decision and instructions, we affirm the defendant's convictions and sentences.

Affirmed.

Gross, May and Forst, JJ., concur.