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Clements v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Mar 29, 2001
782 So. 2d 868 (Fla. 2001)

Opinion

No. SC96670.

Opinion filed March 29, 2001.

Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal — Direct Conflict Fifth District — Case No. 5D98-963 (Brevard County).

Joe M. Mitchell, Jr., Melbourne, Florida, for Petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Rebecca Roark Wall, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, Florida, for Respondent.

James T. Miller, Jacksonville, Florida, for The Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.


This Court initially accepted review of the decision of the district court of appeal in Clements v. State, 742 So.2d 338 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999), on the basis of express and direct conflict with Thornton v. State, 585 So.2d 1189 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991), and Pritchett v. State, 566 So.2d 6 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990). Upon further consideration, we determine that jurisdiction was improvidently granted. Accordingly, this review proceeding is dismissed.

It is so ordered.

Wells, C.J., and Shaw, Harding, Lewis and Quince, JJ., Concur.

Anstead and Pariente, JJ., Dissent.

NO MOTION FOR REHEARING WILL BE ALLOWED.


Summaries of

Clements v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Mar 29, 2001
782 So. 2d 868 (Fla. 2001)
Case details for

Clements v. State

Case Details

Full title:FLOYD CLEMENTS, Petitioner, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Mar 29, 2001

Citations

782 So. 2d 868 (Fla. 2001)

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