Case Title: Jeffrey Fawdry v. State of Florida

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC11-1179

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2014-05-22T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC11-1179 
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JEFFREY FAWDRY,  
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
STATE OF FLORIDA,  
Respondent. 
 
[May 22, 2014] 
 
LEWIS, J. 
We have for review Fawdry v. State, 70 So. 3d 626, 627 (Fla. 1st DCA 
2011), in which the First District Court of Appeal affirmed a trial court order that 
denied a motion to suppress evidence found on a cellular phone without a search 
warrant.  The First District certified the following question as one of great public 
importance:  
DOES THE HOLDING IN U.S. v. ROBINSON, 414 U.S. 218 (1973) 
ALLOW A POLICE OFFICER TO SEARCH THROUGH 
PHOTOGRAPHS CONTAINED WITHIN A CELL PHONE WHICH 
IS ON AN ARRESTEE’S PERSON AT THE TIME OF A VALID 
ARREST? 
Id. at 630-31.  We have jurisdiction.  Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. 
 
 
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We stayed proceedings in this case pending the disposition of Smallwood v. 
State, 113 So. 3d 724 (Fla. 2013).  When Smallwood became final, we issued an 
order directing Respondent to show cause why this Court should not accept 
jurisdiction, summarily quash the decision in Fawdry, and remand for 
reconsideration in light of the decision in Smallwood.  Respondent filed a 
response, but Petitioner did not reply. 
Upon consideration of the response, we grant the petition for review, quash 
the decision in Fawdry, and remand this case to the First District Court of Appeal 
for further proceedings consistent with the decision in Smallwood.  
It is so ordered. 
POLSTON, C.J., and PARIENTE, QUINCE, LABARGA, and PERRY, JJ., 
concur. 
CANADY, J., dissents. 
 
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 
Great Public Importance  
 
First District - Case No. 1D10-896 
 
(Duval County) 
  
Lara Nezami of Finnell, McGuinness, Nezami & Andux, P.A., Jacksonville, 
Florida,     
 
for Petitioner  
 
 
 
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Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida; Trisha Meggs Pate, 
Tallahassee Bureau Chief, Criminal Appeals, and Heather Flanagan Ross, 
Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida,   
 
for Respondent