Case Title: Ellis D. Downs v. State of Florida

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC00-2382

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2003-08-21T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme Court of Florida
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No. SC00-2382
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ELLIS D. DOWNS,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[August 21, 2003]
PER CURIAM.
We have for review a decision of the Second District Court of Appeal, in
which the court certified as a question of great public importance the same question
certified by that court and answered in Burgess v. State, 831 So. 2d 137 (Fla.
2002).  See Downs v. State, 768 So. 2d 1149 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000).  We have
jurisdiction.  See Art. V, §3(b)(4), Fla. Const.  We accept jurisdiction in this case,
quash the decision of the Second District, and remand for reconsideration in light
of our decision in Burgess.
It is so ordered.
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ANSTEAD, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, and QUINCE, JJ., concur.
CANTERO, J., dissents with an opinion, in which WELLS and BELL, JJ., concur.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION, AND
IF FILED, DETERMINED.
CANTERO, J., dissenting.
I would decline to exercise jurisdiction.  The argument that petitioner
presented, in response to this Court's order directing him to show cause why our
decision in Burgess v. State, 831 So. 2d 137 (Fla. 2002), should not control the
outcome of this case and why the Court should not decline to exercise jurisdiction
in this case, was never presented to either the trial court or the Second District. 
Therefore, I would decline to exercise jurisdiction.
WELLS and BELL, JJ., concur.
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - Certified
Great Public Importance 
Second District - Case No. 2D00-1076
(Polk County)
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Deborah K. Brueckheimer,
Assistant Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, Florida,
for Petitioner
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Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Robert J. Krauss, Senior Assistant Attorney
General, Chief of Criminal Law, and Ronald Napolitano, Assistant Attorney
General, Tampa, Florida,
for Respondent