Title: Eli Butler v. State of Florida

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC94614
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ELI BUTLER, JR.,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE,
Respondent.
[June 22, 2000]
PER CURIAM.
We have for review the decision in Butler v. State, 723 So. 2d 865 (Fla. 1st DCA
1998), on the basis of express and direct conflict.  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V,
§ 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.  For the reasons expressed in Maddox v. State, 25 Fla. L. Weekly
S367, S372 (Fla. May 11, 2000), we quash the district court's decision and remand for
further proceedings in light of our opinion in Maddox.
It is so ordered.
HARDING, C.J., and SHAW, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, LEWIS and QUINCE, JJ.,
concur.
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WELLS, 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 - 
Direct Conflict
First District - Case No. 1D96-4448 
(Madison County)
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, Florida,
for Petitioner
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and James W. Rogers, Bureau Chief,
Criminal Appeals, Tallahassee, Florida,
for Respondent