Case Title: Davon Francis v. State of Florida

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC10-1881

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2011-10-27T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC10-1881 
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DAVON FRANCIS,  
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
STATE OF FLORIDA,  
Respondent. 
 
[October 27, 2011] 
 
LABARGA, J. 
 
We have for review Francis v. State, 22 So. 3d 788 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009), in 
which the Third District Court of Appeal cited as controlling authority the Second 
District Court of Appeal’s decision in Zeigler v. State, 18 So. 3d 1239 (Fla. 2d 
DCA 2009).  Zeigler was stayed pending this Court’s decision in State v. 
Montgomery, 39 So. 3d 252 (Fla. 2010), and we subsequently quashed and 
remanded Zeigler for reconsideration in light of Montgomery.  We have 
jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.; Jollie v. State, 405 So. 2d 418 (Fla. 
1981). 
 
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Based on the district court’s reliance on Zeigler in the present case, we 
accept jurisdiction and grant the petition for review.  The decision under review is 
quashed, and this matter is remanded to the Third District Court of Appeal for 
reconsideration upon application of our decision in Montgomery. 
It is so ordered. 
CANADY, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, POLSTON, and PERRY, 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 - Direct 
Conflict of Decisions 
 
 
Third District - Case No. 3D07-2761 
 
 
(Dade County) 
 
Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Marti Rothenberg, Assistant Public 
Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, Richard L Polin, Bureau 
Chief, and Linda S. Katz, Assistant Attorneys General, Miami, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent