Case Title: Robert E. Dragon v. State Of Florida

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC06-2001

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2009-02-26T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC06-2001 
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ROBERT E. DRAGON,  
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
STATE OF FLORIDA,  
Respondent. 
 
[February 26, 2009] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
We have for review Dragon v. State, 937 So. 2d 781 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006), in 
which the Fourth District Court of Appeal certified conflict with the Second 
District Court of Appeal’s decision in King v. State, 911 So. 2d 229 (Fla. 2d DCA 
2005), and the Fifth District Court of Appeal’s decision in Kidd v. State, 855 So. 
2d 1165 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003).  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. 
Const. 
          We stayed the present case pending our disposition of Saintelien v. State, 
990 So. 2d 494 (Fla. 2008), in which we ultimately approved the decisions of the 
Second and Fifth District Courts in King and Kidd “to the extent that a rule 
 
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3.800(a) motion may be used to challenge a sexual predator designation when it is 
apparent from the face of the record that the defendant did not meet the criteria for 
designation as a sexual predator.”  Saintelien, 990 So. 2d at 497. 
 
  We have determined to exercise jurisdiction and grant the petition for 
review in the present case.  The decision under review is quashed, and this matter 
is remanded to the Fourth District Court for reconsideration upon application of 
this Court's decision in Saintelien. 
          
It is so ordered. 
 
QUINCE, C.J., and WELLS, PARIENTE, LEWIS, CANADY, POLSTON, and 
LABARGA, 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 
 
 
Fourth District - Case No. 4D06-3196 
 
 
(Broward County) 
 
John R. Blue and Stephanie Zimmerman of Carlton Fields, P.A., St. Petersburg, 
Florida, and Alina Alonso of Carlton Fields, P.A., Miami, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent