Case Title: State of Florida v. Adam Jones

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC00-21

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2000-11-16T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC00-21
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STATE OF FLORIDA,
Petitioner,
vs.
ADAM JONES,
Respondent.
[November 16, 2000]
PER CURIAM.
We have for review Jones v. State, 763 So. 2d 1101 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999),
wherein the Fourth District certified direct conflict with the decision in State v.
Word, 711 So. 2d 1240 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998).  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, §
3(b)(4), Fla. Const.  At issue in Jones is whether the removal of hubcaps and lug
nuts from the wheels of a vehicle constitutes a burglary.  We recently resolved this
conflict in Drew v. State, No. SC95785 (Fla. Nov. 9, 2000), wherein we held that
the sole act of removing hubcaps or tires from a motor vehicle does not constitute
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a burglary.  See id. slip op. at 1-2.  Moreover, in Drew we expressly relied on the
Fourth District’s reasoning in Jones.  Accordingly, based on our opinion in Drew,
we approve the decision below and hold that the removal of hubcaps or lug nuts
from the tires of an automobile does not constitute a burglary. 
It is so ordered.
SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE and LEWIS, JJ., concur.
QUINCE, J., dissents with an opinion, in which WELLS, C.J., concurs.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION, AND
IF FILED, DETERMINED.
QUINCE, J., dissenting.
I dissent for the reasons stated in my dissent in Drew v. State,  No. SC95785
(Fla. Nov. 9, 2000).
WELLS, C.J., concurs.
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - 
Certified Direct Conflict
Fourth District - Case No. 4D98-2042 
(Broward County)
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and James J. Carney, Assistant Attorney
General, West Palm Beach, Florida,
for Petitioner
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Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Siobhan Helene Shea, Assistant Public
Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, 
for Respondent