Case Title: State of Florida v. Andre Luders - Rehearing Granted

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State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2000-08-31T00:00:00Z

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Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC96173
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STATE OF FLORIDA,
Petitioner,
vs.
ANDRE LUDERS,
Respondent.
ON REHEARING
[August 31, 2000]
PER CURIAM.
Petitioner's motion for rehearing, directed to the decision issued herein on
April 27, 2000, is granted.  The previous opinion is withdrawn and the instant
opinion is substituted as the opinion of the Court in this matter.
We have for review State v. Luders, 731 So. 2d 163 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999),
modified, No. 98-00729 (July 7, 1999)(unpublished order certifying conflict with
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Peart v. State, 705 So. 2d 1059 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998)).  We have jurisdiction.  See
art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.  
This Court recently held in Peart v. State, 756 So. 2d 42 (Fla. 2000), that a
defendant may obtain postconviction relief if he or she was not advised of the
immigration consequences of a plea and was prejudiced by the lack of advice.  See
Peart, 756 So. 2d at 47-48.  The State makes clear on rehearing (in an unopposed
motion) that Luders was not prejudiced by the trial court’s failure to advise him of
the immigration consequences of entering his plea because Luders’ defense counsel
advised him thereof and he decided to accept the risk.  Because Luders was not
prejudiced by the trial court’s error, he was not entitled to relief.  Luders is
therefore quashed as being inconsistent with our decision in Peart.
It is so ordered.
WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, LEWIS and
QUINCE, 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
Fourth District - Case No. 4D98-0729 
(Broward County)
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Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Celia Terenzio, Bureau Chief, and
Jeanine M. Germanowicz, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, Florida,
for Petitioner
H. Dohn Williams, Jr., Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
for Respondent