Title: Johnny James Turner v. State Of Florida

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC03-1933 
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JOHNNY JAMES TURNER,  
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
STATE OF FLORIDA,  
Respondent. 
 
[October 12, 2006] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
We have for review Turner v. State, 857 So. 2d 351 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003), in 
which the Second District Court of Appeal cited Garcia v. State, 854 So. 2d 758 
(Fla. 2d DCA 2003), quashed, 901 So. 2d 788 (Fla. 2005), and, as it had done in 
Garcia, certified conflict with the First District Court of Appeal’s decision in 
Goodman v. State, 839 So. 2d 902 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003), approved by Garcia v. 
State, 901 So. 2d 788 (Fla. 2005).  At the time the Second District Court of Appeal 
issued its decision in Turner, Garcia was pending review in this Court.  We have 
jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(3)-(4), Fla. Const.; Jollie v. State, 405 So. 2d 418 
(Fla. 1981). 
 
In Garcia v. State, 901 So. 2d 788 (Fla. 2005), this Court quashed the 
Second District’s decision in Garcia and approved Goodman.  In response to an 
order of this Court dated January 27, 2006, the respondent, the State, has 
acknowledged that it “cannot show cause why this Court should not accept 
jurisdiction and remand for reconsideration in light of Garcia.”  We accordingly 
grant the petition for review in the present case.  The decision under review is 
quashed and this matter is remanded to the Second District Court of Appeal for 
reconsideration upon application of this Court’s decision in Garcia.  In light of the 
current disposition of this case, Turner’s pro se motion for appointment of counsel 
is denied.   
 
It is so ordered.   
LEWIS, C.J., and WELLS, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, QUINCE, CANTERO and 
BELL, 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 
 
 
Second District - Case No. 2D03-2271 
 
 
(Polk County) 
 
 
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Johnny James Turner, pro se, Avon Park, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida and C. Suzanne 
Bechard, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent 
 
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