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State v. Melton

Supreme Court of Florida
May 17, 2001
786 So. 2d 1168 (Fla. 2001)

Opinion

No. SC00-163.

Opinion filed May 17, 2001.

Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal — Direct Conflict Fourth District — Case No. 4D99-0789 (Martin County).

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Celia Terenzio, Assistant Attorney General, Bureau Chief, and Jeanine M. Germanowicz, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, Florida, for Petitioner.

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Karen E. Ehrlich, Assistant Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, Florida, for Respondent.


We have for review State v. Melton, 746 So.2d 1188 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.

We partially quash the decision of the district court below only as it relates to the petitioner's sentencing under the Prison Releasee Reoffender Act, 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). We approve the determination of the Fourth District with regard to the appellant's conviction for committing a lewd, lascivious, or indecent act upon a child under the age of sixteen.

It is so ordered.

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

QUINCE, J., Dissents.


Summaries of

State v. Melton

Supreme Court of Florida
May 17, 2001
786 So. 2d 1168 (Fla. 2001)
Case details for

State v. Melton

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF FLORIDA, Petitioner, v. JAMES ROY MELTON JR., Respondent

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: May 17, 2001

Citations

786 So. 2d 1168 (Fla. 2001)

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PER CURIAM. Pursuant to the supreme court's mandate in State v. Melton, 786 So.2d 1168 (Fla. 2001), we have…