Title: Robert Wayne Murray v. State of Florida

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC07-2355 
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ROBERT WAYNE MURRAY,  
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
STATE OF FLORIDA,  
Respondent. 
 
[March 19, 2009] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
We have for review Murray v. State, 969 So. 2d 1184 (Fla. 4th DCA 
2007), in which the Fourth District Court of Appeal relied upon its decision 
in Yisrael v. State, 938 So. 2d 546 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006) (en banc), 
disapproved in part, 993 So. 2d 952 (Fla. 2008), and certified conflict with 
the First District Court of Appeal’s decision in Gray v. State, 910 So. 2d 867 
(Fla. 1st DCA 2005).  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. 
Const.  
 
We stayed proceedings in this case pending our disposition of Yisrael, 
in which we:  (1) approved the decision of the First District in Gray, and (2) 
disapproved the reasoning and rule of law articulated by the Fourth District 
in its underlying decision, but ultimately approved the result reached by that 
court on other grounds.  See Yisrael v. State, 993 So. 2d 952, 960-61 (Fla. 
2008).  We subsequently issued an order directing the State to show cause 
why we should not exercise jurisdiction, summarily quash the decision under 
review, and remand for reconsideration in light of our decision in Yisrael.  
The State agrees that this case should be remanded for review pursuant to 
our decision in Yisrael.     
 
Accordingly, we grant the petition for review, quash, and remand to 
the Fourth District Court of Appeal for reconsideration upon application of 
our decision in Yisrael. 
 
It is so ordered. 
QUINCE, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, CANADY, POLSTON, and 
LABARGA, 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 
 
 
Fourth District - Case No. 4D07-78 
 
 
(Palm Beach County) 
 
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and John M. Conway, Assistant Public 
Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, Florida, 
 
 
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for Petitioner 
 
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, Melynda L. Melear, 
Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent