Case Title: State Of Florida v. Salvatore Bennett

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC05-979

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2006-10-26T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC05-979 
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STATE OF FLORIDA, 
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
SALVATORE BENNETT, 
Respondent. 
 
[November 2, 2006] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
We have for review Bennett v. State, 904 So. 2d 447 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005), 
in which the Fourth District Court of Appeal cited its decision in Richardson v. 
State, 884 So. 2d 950 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003), reh’g granted in part, 884 So. 2d 950, 
952 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004), quashed, 915 So. 2d 86, 89 (Fla. 2005).  At the time that 
the Fourth District Court of Appeal issued its decision in Bennett, Richardson was 
pending review in this Court.  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. 
Const.; Jollie v. State, 405 So. 2d 418 (Fla. 1981). 
The petition for review is granted.  On the authority of our decision in State 
v. Richardson, 915 So. 2d 86 (Fla. 2005), the decision under review is quashed, 
and this matter is remanded to the Fourth District Court of Appeal for 
reconsideration upon application of this Court’s decision in Richardson. 
Any and all pending motions and requests are hereby denied as moot. 
 
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. 4D04-4825 
 
 
(Broward County) 
 
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, Celia Terenzio and 
Myra J. Fried, Assistant Attorneys General, West Palm Beach, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
Salvatore Bennett, Pro se, Indiantown, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent 
 
 
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