Case Title: State of Florida v. Steven Darst

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC02-984

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2002-12-19T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme Court of Florida
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No. SC02-984
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STATE OF FLORIDA,
Petitioner,
vs.
STEVEN DARST,
Respondent.
[December 19, 2002]
LEWIS, J.
We have for review the decision of the Fifth District Court of Appeal, Darst
v. State, 816 So. 2d 680 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002), both declaring section 784.07 of the
Florida Statutes (1999) to be an enhancement statute, and certifying conflict with
Mills v. State, 773 So. 2d 650 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000).  We have jurisdiction.  See art.
V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.
This Court granted review in Mills, and addressed the issue presented here. 
See Mills v. State, 822 So. 2d 1284 (Fla. 2002).  There we held section 784.07 of
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the Florida Statutes is a reclassification statute, not an enhancement statute, and
thus creates a substantive crime.  See id. at 1287.  As the district court's holding is
inconsistent with this Court's decision in Mills, its decision is quashed and the case
is remanded to the district court for further proceedings consistent with Mills.
It is so ordered. 
ANSTEAD, C.J., and SHAW, WELLS, PARIENTE, QUINCE, and CANTERO,
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 Nos.  5D00-2262 & 5D00-2459
(Brevard County)
Richard E. Doran, Attorney General, and Kellie A. Nielan and Anthony J. Golden,
Assistant Attorneys General, Daytona Beach, Florida, 
for Petitioner
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and James R. Wulchak, Chief, Appellate
Division, Assistant Public Defender, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach,
Florida,
for Respondent