Title: Robert Lee Rowles v. State of Florida

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
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No. SC07-1072 
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ROBERT LEE ROWLES,  
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
STATE OF FLORIDA,  
Respondent. 
 
[April 9, 2009] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
We have for review Rowles v. State, 954 So. 2d 1278 (Fla. 5th DCA 2007), 
in which the Fifth District Court of Appeal cited as authority its decision in Moore 
v. State, 909 So. 2d 500 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005), notice invoking discretionary review 
filed, No. SC05-1779 (Fla. Sept. 28, 2005).  At the time the Fifth District issued its 
decision in Rowles, its Moore decision was, and still is, pending review in this 
Court.  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.; Jollie v. State, 405 
So. 2d 418 (Fla. 1981). 
          We stayed proceedings in this case pending our disposition of Larimore v. 
State, 2 So. 3d 101 (Fla. 2008).  When our decision in Larimore became final, we 
issued an order directing respondent in the present case to show cause why we 
 
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should not accept jurisdiction, quash the decision under review, and remand for 
reconsideration in light of our decision in Larimore.  Respondent in its response 
agrees 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 Fifth District 
for reconsideration upon application of this Court’s Larimore decision. 
          It is so ordered. 
QUINCE, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, CANADY, POLSTON, and 
LABARGA, JJ., concur. 
PERRY, J., did not participate. 
 
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 - Direct 
Conflict of Decisions 
 
 
Fifth District - Case No. 5D06-2622 
 
 
(Brevard County) 
 
James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Rose M. Levering, Assistant Public 
Defender, Daytona Beach, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, and Douglas T. Squire, 
Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent