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Melton v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jul 18, 2001
789 So. 2d 1204 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

Opinion

Case No. 99-789

Opinion filed July 18, 2001

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Martin County; Larry Schack, Judge; L.T. Case No. 97-1244-CFA.

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Karen E. Ehrlich, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jeanine M. Germanowicz, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


ON REMAND


Pursuant to the supreme court's mandate in State v. Melton, 786 So.2d 1168 (Fla. 2001), we have reconsidered our opinion in Melton v. State, 746 So.2d 1188 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999), in light of 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). Upon reconsideration, we withdraw our original opinion and remand to the trial court with directions to reinstate the original sentence.

REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS.

DELL, GUNTHER, and WARNER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Melton v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jul 18, 2001
789 So. 2d 1204 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)
Case details for

Melton v. State

Case Details

Full title:JAMES ROY MELTON, JR., Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Jul 18, 2001

Citations

789 So. 2d 1204 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)