Case Title: Adam Frank Searles V. State Of Florida

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC02-1254

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2004-09-30T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida 
____________ 
No. SC02-1254 
____________ 
ADAM FRANK SEARLES, 
Petitioner, 
vs. 
STATE OF FLORIDA, 
Respondent. 
 
[September 30, 2004] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
We have for review the decision in Searles v. State, 816 So. 2d 793 (Fla. 2d 
DCA 2002), which expressly and directly conflicts with this Court's decision in 
Cardenas v. State, 867 So. 2d 384 (Fla. 2004), on the harmless error analysis to be 
applied in DUI cases in which an instruction on the statutory presumption of 
impairment is given in error.  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. 
Const.  We accept this case for review, quash the decision of the Second District 
Court of Appeal, and remand for reconsideration in light of our opinion in 
Cardenas. 
It is so ordered. 
 
 
 
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PARIENTE, C.J., and ANSTEAD, LEWIS, CANTERO and BELL, JJ., concur. 
WELLS and QUINCE, JJ., dissent. 
 
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. 2D00-2781 
 
 
(Lee County) 
 
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender and Jeffrey Sullivan, Special Assistant 
Public Defender, Twentieth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General and Susan D. Dunlevy, Assistant Attorney 
General, Tampa, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent