Case Title: State of Florida v. Luis Alfredo Luciano

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC08-1398

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2009-05-21T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC08-1398 
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STATE OF FLORIDA,  
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
LUIS ALFREDO LUCIANO,  
Respondent. 
 
[May 21, 2009] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
We have for review Luciano v. State, 983 So. 2d 759 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008), 
in which the Fifth District Court of Appeal certified conflict with the decision of 
the Third District Court of Appeal in Valdes v. State, 970 So. 2d 414 (Fla. 3d DCA 
2007), approved in result, 3 So. 3d 1067 (Fla. 2009).  At the time the Fifth District 
issued its decision in Luciano, the Third District’s Valdes decision was pending 
review in this Court.  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(3)-(4), Fla. Const.; 
Jollie v. State, 405 So. 2d 418 (Fla. 1981).  
          We stayed proceedings in the present case pending disposition of Valdes v. 
State, 3 So. 3d 1067 (Fla. 2009), in which we ultimately approved the result of the 
Third District’s underlying Valdes decision.  Once our decision in Valdes was 
final, we issued an order in the present case directing Respondent to show cause 
why we should not exercise jurisdiction, summarily quash the decision being 
reviewed, and remand for reconsideration in light of our decision in Valdes.  
Respondent in his response acknowledges the controlling authority of this Court’s 
Valdes decision. 
          We accordingly exercise jurisdiction and grant the petition for review in the 
present case.  The decision under review is quashed and this matter is remanded to 
the Fifth District for reconsideration upon application of this Court’s Valdes 
decision. 
          It is so ordered.      
QUINCE, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, CANADY, POLSTON, LABARGA, 
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 - Certified 
Direct Conflict of Decisions 
 
 
Fifth District - Case No. 5D07-601 
 
 
(Orange County) 
 
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, and Wesley Heidt, 
Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
 
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James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Dee Ball and Marvin F. Clegg, Assistant 
Public Defenders, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent