Case Title: Gonzalo Estrada v. State of Florida

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC07-975

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2008-04-17T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC07-975 
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GONZALO ESTRADA,  
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
STATE OF FLORIDA,  
Respondent. 
 
[April 17, 2008] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
We have for review Estrada v. State, 954 So. 2d 639 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007), in 
which the Fourth District Court of Appeal cited as authority its earlier decision in 
Spera v. State, 923 So. 2d 543 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006), quashed, 971 So. 2d 754 (Fla. 
2007), and certified conflict with the Second District Court of Appeal’s decision in 
Keevis v. State, 908 So. 2d 552 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005).  At the time the Fourth 
District Court issued its decision in Estrada, Spera was pending review in this 
Court.  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.  
          We stayed proceedings in this case pending disposition of Spera.  We have 
since decided Spera, in which we quashed the Fourth District Court’s underlying 
 
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Spera decision based on conflict with the Second District Court’s Keevis decision.  
See Spera v. State, 971 So. 2d 754 (Fla. 2007).  We thus issued an order directing 
Respondent in the present case to show cause why we should not exercise 
jurisdiction, quash the Fourth District Court’s Estrada decision, and remand for 
reconsideration in light of our decision in Spera.  Respondent did not respond to 
that order, thereby constructively conceding that we should so proceed. 
          We accordingly grant the petition for review in the present case.  The 
decision under review is quashed and this matter is remanded to the Fourth District 
Court for reconsideration upon application of this Court’s decision in Spera.   
                   It is so ordered. 
LEWIS, C.J., and WELLS, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, QUINCE, CANTERO, and 
BELL, JJ., concur. 
 
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION, AND 
IF FILED, DETERMINED. 
 
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - Certified 
Direct Conflict of Decisions 
 
 
Fourth District - Case No. 4D07-329 
 
 
(Broward County) 
 
 Gonzalo Estrada, pro se, Monticello, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner