Case Title: Alexander Perkins v. State of Florida

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC06-2336

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC06-2336 
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ALEXANDER PERKINS,  
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
STATE OF FLORIDA,  
Respondent. 
 
[March 19, 2009] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
We have for review Perkins v. State, 939 So. 2d 1113 (Fla. 4th DCA 
2006), in which the Fourth District Court of Appeal relied upon its decision 
in Yisrael v. State, 938 So. 2d 546 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006) (en banc), 
disapproved in part, 993 So. 2d 952 (Fla. 2008).  When the Fourth District’s 
decision in Perkins became final, Yisrael was pending review in this Court.  
We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.; Jollie v. State, 405 
So. 2d 418, 420 (Fla. 1981).  
 
We stayed proceedings in this case pending our disposition of Yisrael, 
in which we:  (1) approved the decision of the First District in Gray v. State, 
910 So. 2d 867 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005), and (2) disapproved the reasoning and 
rule of law articulated by the Fourth District in its underlying decision, but 
ultimately approved the result reached by that court on other grounds.  See 
Yisrael v. State, 993 So. 2d 952, 960-61 (Fla. 2008).  We subsequently 
issued an order directing the State to show cause why we should not accept 
jurisdiction, summarily quash the decision under review, and remand for 
reconsideration in light of our decision in Yisrael.  The State agrees that this 
case should be remanded for review pursuant to this Court’s decision in 
Yisrael. 
 
Accordingly, we grant the petition for review, quash, and remand to 
the Fourth District Court of Appeal for reconsideration upon application of 
our decision in Yisrael. 
 
It is so ordered. 
QUINCE, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, CANADY, and POLSTON, JJ., concur. 
LABARGA, J., recused. 
 
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 
 
 
Fourth District - Case No. 4D05-712 
 
 
(Palm Beach County) 
 
 
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Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, Marcy K. Allen and Margaret Good-Earnest, 
Assistant Public Defenders, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, and Mitchell A. Egber, 
Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent