Kirkendall v. State

Full title: THOMAS KIRKENDALL, Petitioner, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent

Court: Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: May 17, 2001

786 So. 2d 1171 (Fla. 2001)

Opinion

No. SC00-351.

Opinion filed May 17, 2001.

Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal — Statutory Validity Second District — Case No. 2D99-227 (Pinellas County).

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Megan Olson, Assistant Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, Florida, for Petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Robert J. Krauss, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Chief of Criminal Law, and Ronald Napolitano, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, Florida, for Respondent.

LEWIS, J.

We have for review Kirkendall v. State, 749 So.2d 571 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.

We vacate the decision of the district court and remand for reconsideration upon application of our decisions in Grant v. State, 770 So.2d 655 (Fla. 2000); State v. Cotton, 769 So.2d 345 (Fla. 2000);McKnight v. State, 769 So.2d 1039 (Fla. 2000); and Ellis v. State, 762 So.2d 912 (Fla. 2000).

It is so ordered.

WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, and PARIENTE, JJ., Concur.

QUINCE, J., Dissents.