Title: Kevin Brantley v. State of Florida

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC12-226 
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KEVIN BRANTLEY, 
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
STATE OF FLORIDA, 
Respondent. 
 
[May 23, 2013] 
 
 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
We initially accepted review of the decision in Brantley v. State, 76 So. 3d 
345 (Fla. 3d DCA 2011), review granted, 88 So. 3d 148 (Fla. 2012) (table), based 
on express and direct conflict.  See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.  Upon further 
consideration, we conclude that jurisdiction was improvidently granted.  
Accordingly, we hereby discharge jurisdiction and dismiss the review proceeding. 
 
It is so ordered. 
 
POLSTON, C.J., and PARIENTE, QUINCE, CANADY, LABARGA, and 
PERRY, JJ., concur. 
LEWIS, J., dissents. 
 
 
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NO MOTION FOR REHEARING WILL BE ALLOWED.  
 
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - Direct 
Conflict of Decisions 
 
 
Third District - Case No. 3D11-2746 
 
 
(Dade County) 
 
Jennifer Shoaf Richardson of Creed & Gowdy, P.A., Jacksonville, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, Richard L. Polin, Bureau 
Chief, Criminal Appeals, Linda S. Katz and Keri Teresa Joseph, Assistant 
Attorneys General, Miami, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent