Title: Tomesha Marie Howard v. State of Florida

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC05-1486 
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TOMESHA MARIE HOWARD,  
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
STATE OF FLORIDA,  
Respondent. 
 
[April 3, 2008] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
We have for review State v. Howard, 909 So. 2d 390 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005), 
in which the First District Court of Appeal expressly relied upon Hilton v. State, 
901 So. 2d 155 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005) (en banc), quashed, 961 So. 2d 284 (Fla. 
2007), as authority, and certified conflict with State v. Burke, 902 So. 2d 955 (Fla. 
5th DCA 2005), review dismissed, No. SC05-1173 (Fla. Apr. 3, 2008).  At the time 
the First District issued its decision in Howard, both Hilton and Burke were 
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).  
    
We stayed proceedings in this case pending our disposition of Hilton.  See 
Hilton v. State, 961 So. 2d 284 (Fla. 2007) (quashing the Second District Court of 
Appeal’s decision in Hilton, upon which the First District had relied in Howard).  
When our decision in Hilton became final, we issued an order directing respondent 
to show cause why we should not exercise jurisdiction, quash the Howard decision, 
and remand for reconsideration in light of our decision in Hilton.  Respondent has 
conceded that it cannot show such cause.  
    
We accordingly grant the petition for review in the present case.  The 
decision under review is quashed and this matter is remanded to the First District 
for reconsideration upon application of this Court’s decision in Hilton. 
     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 
 
 
First District - Case No. 1D04-5295 
 
 
(Alachua County) 
 
Nancy Daniels, Public Defender, and David P. Gauldin, Assistant Public Defender, 
Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
 
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Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Trisha Meggs Pate, Bureau Chief, and Bryan 
Jordan, Assistant Attorneys General, Tallahassee, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent