Case Title: State Of Florida v. Zachery Antonio Denegall

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC07-1600

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2008-07-10T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC07-1600 
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STATE OF FLORIDA,  
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
ZACHERY ANTONIO DENEGALL,  
Respondent. 
 
[July 10, 2008] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
  
We have for review Denegall v. State, 975 So. 2d 505 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007), 
in which the Second District Court of Appeal cited as authority its decision in 
Griffin v. State, 946 So. 2d 610 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007), quashed, 980 So. 2d 1035 
(Fla. 2008), and, as it had done in Griffin, certified conflict with the First District 
Court of Appeal’s decision in Ridgeway v. State, 892 So. 2d 538 (Fla. 1st DCA 
2005), approved by Griffin v. State, 980 So. 2d 1035 (Fla. 2008).  We have 
jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. 
 
We stayed proceedings in this case pending disposition of Griffin.  We have 
since decided Griffin, in which we quashed in part the Second District Court’s 
underlying Griffin decision and approved the First District Court’s Ridgeway 
decision.  See Griffin v. State, 980 So. 2d 1035 (Fla. 2008).  We thus issued an 
order directing respondent in the present case to show cause why we should not 
exercise jurisdiction, quash the Second District Court’s Denegall decision, and 
remand for reconsideration in light of our decision in Griffin.  Respondent did not 
respond to that order, thereby constructively conceding that we should so 
proceed.  
          We accordingly grant the petition for review in the present case.  The 
decision under review is quashed and this matter is remanded to the Second 
District Court for reconsideration upon application of this Court’s decision in 
Griffin. 
It is so ordered. 
QUINCE, C.J., and WELLS, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, LEWIS, CANTERO, and 
BELL, 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 
 
 
Second District - Case No. 2D05-1728 
 
 
(Polk County) 
 
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Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, and Robert J. Krauss, 
Assistant Attorney General, Bureau Chief, and Ronald Napolitano, Assistant 
Attorney General, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
No appearance  
 
for Respondent