Case Title: Murray Breitberg v. State Of Florida

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC07-13

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2009-02-26T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC07-13 
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MURRAY BREITBERG,  
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
STATE OF FLORIDA, 
Respondent. 
 
[February 26, 2009] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
We have for review Breitberg v. State, 942 So. 2d 439 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006), 
in which the Fourth District Court of Appeal cited as authority its decision in 
Saintelien v. State, 937 So. 2d 234 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006), approved in result, 990 
So. 2d 494 (Fla. 2008), and certified conflict with the Second District Court of 
Appeal’s decision in King v. State, 911 So. 2d 229 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005), and the 
Fifth District Court of Appeal’s decision in Kidd v. State, 855 So. 2d 1165 (Fla. 
5th DCA 2003).  At the time the Fourth District Court issued its decision in 
Breitberg, its Saintelien decision was pending review in this Court.  We have 
jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. 
 
          We stayed the present case pending our disposition of Saintelien, in which 
we ultimately approved in result the Fourth District Court’s underlying Saintelien 
decision, and approved the decisions of the Second and Fifth District Courts in 
King and Kidd “to the extent that a rule 3.800(a) motion may be used to challenge 
a sexual predator designation when it is apparent from the face of the record that 
the defendant did not meet the criteria for designation as a sexual predator.”  
Saintelien v. State, 990 So. 2d 494, 497 (Fla. 2008).   
          We have determined to 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 Fourth District Court for reconsideration upon review of the 
record and application of this Court's decision in Saintelien. 
          It is so ordered. 
QUINCE, C.J., and WELLS, PARIENTE, LEWIS, CANADY, POLSTON, and 
LABARGA, 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. 4D06-3681 
 
 
(Broward County) 
 
Murray Breitberg, pro se, South Bay, Florida, 
 
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for Petitioner 
 
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent