Title: William Vlahovich v. State of Florida

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme Court of Florida
 
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No. SC00-1073
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WILLIAM VLAHOVICH,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[June 7, 2001]
LEWIS, J.
We have for review Vlahovich v. State, 757 So. 2d 1219 (Fla. 2d DCA
2000).  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.
We partially quash the decision of the district court below only as it relates to
the petitioner’s sentencing under the Prison Releasee Reoffender Act, and remand
for reconsideration upon application of our decisions in Grant v. State, 770 So. 2d
655 (Fla. 2000); State v. Cotton, 769 So. 2d 345 (Fla. 2000); McKnight v. State,
769 So. 2d 1039 (Fla. 2000); and Ellis v. State, 762 So. 2d 912 (Fla. 2000).  We
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approve the decision of the district court regarding the petitioner’s conviction for
resisting arrest with violence.
It is so ordered.
WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, and PARIENTE, JJ., concur.
QUINCE, J., dissents.
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 - 
Statutory Validity
Second District - Case No. 2D98-3948 
(Pinellas County)
Walter L. Grantham, Jr., Clearwater, Florida,
for Petitioner
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Robert J. Krauss, Senior Assistant
Attorney General, Chief of Criminal Law, and Anne Sheer Weiner, Assistant
Attorney General, Tampa, Florida,
for Respondent