Case Title: James William Potts v. State of Florida

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC93-546

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 1999-12-16T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme Court of Florida
 
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No. 93,546
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JAMES WILLIAM  POTTS,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[December 16, 1999]
PARIENTE, J.
We have for review the opinion in Potts v. State, 710 So. 2d 1387 (Fla. 5th
DCA 1998), which certified conflict with the opinion in State v. Holland, 689 So. 2d
1268 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997).  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. 
For the reasons expressed in our opinion in Hayes v. State, 24 Fla. L. Weekly S467
(Fla. Oct. 7, 1999), the decision of the Fifth District is hereby quashed.  We remand
to the district court for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
It is so ordered.
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HARDING, C.J., and SHAW, WELLS, ANSTEAD, 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 of Decisions
Fifth District - Case No. 98-114
(Marion County)
Ronald E. Fox, Umatilla, Florida; and Robert Augustus Harper and Steven Brian
Whittington of Robert Augustus Harper Law Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida,
for Petitioner
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Anthony J. Golden, Assistant Attorney
General, Daytona Beach, Florida,
for Respondent