Case Title: John Christiansen v. State of Florida

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC08-2243

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2009-12-03T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC08-2243 
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JOHN CHRISTIANSEN,  
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
STATE OF FLORIDA,  
Respondent. 
 
[December 3, 2009] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
We have for review Christiansen v. State, 993 So. 2d 173 (Fla. 2d DCA 
2008), in which the Second District Court of Appeal cited as authority its decision 
in Sheppard v. State, 988 So. 2d 74 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008), quashed, 17 So. 3d 275 
(Fla. 2009), and, as it had done in that case, certified conflict with decisions of 
another district court of appeal.  At the time the Second District issued its 
Christiansen decision, Sheppard 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).   
 
 
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          We stayed proceedings in this case pending our disposition of Sheppard v. 
State, 17 So. 3d 275 (Fla. 2009), in which we ultimately quashed the Second 
District’s underlying Sheppard decision.  We then issued an order directing 
respondent in the present case to show cause why we should not accept 
jurisdiction, quash the Second District’s underlying Christiansen decision, and 
remand for reconsideration in light of our decision in Sheppard.  Respondent in its 
response concedes that it can show no such cause.   
          We have accordingly 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 Second District for reconsideration upon application 
of this Court’s Sheppard 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 - Direct 
Conflict of Decisions 
 
 
Second District - Case No. 2D08-48 
 
 
(Sarasota County) 
 
 
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James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Kevin Briggs, Assistant Public 
Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, Robert J. Krauss and 
Timothy A. Freeland, Assistant Attorneys General, Tampa, Florida 
 
 
for Respondent