Case Title: Ralph A. Johnson v. State of Florida

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC00-1326

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme Court of Florida
 
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No. SC00-1326
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RALPH A. JOHNSON,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[June 7, 2001]
LEWIS, J.
We have for review Johnson v. State, No. 2D99-3216 (Fla. 2d DCA May 31,
2000).  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.
We vacate the decision of the district court and remand for reconsideration
upon application of our decisions in Grant v. State, 770 So. 2d 655 (Fla. 2000);
State v. Cotton, 769 So. 2d 345 (Fla. 2000); McKnight v. State, 769 So. 2d 1039
(Fla. 2000); and Ellis v. State, 762 So. 2d 912 (Fla. 2000).
It is so ordered.
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WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, and PARIENTE, JJ., concur.
QUINCE, J., dissents.
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 - 
Statutory Validity
Second District - Case No. 2D99-3216 
(Pinellas County)
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Allyn M. Giambalvo, Assistant
Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, Florida,
for Petitioner
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Robert J. Krauss, Senior Assistant
Attorney General, Chief of Criminal Law, and Anne Sheer Weiner, Assistant
Attorney General, Tampa, Florida,
for Respondent