Title: State of Florida v. Robert Gene Bruce

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC08-2127 
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STATE OF FLORIDA,  
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
ROBERT GENE BRUCE,  
Respondent. 
 
[July 9, 2009] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
We initially accepted jurisdiction in the case of Bruce v. State, 993 So. 2d 
155 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008), in which the First District Court of Appeal ruled upon a 
question certified to be of great public importance.  See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. 
Const.  Having considered the First District’s opinion and the briefs of the parties, 
upon further review, we have determined that we should exercise our discretion 
and discharge jurisdiction.  Accordingly, we hereby dismiss review.   
 
It is so ordered. 
QUINCE, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, POLSTON, LABARGA, and PERRY, 
JJ., concur. 
CANADY, J., dissents. 
 
 
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NO MOTION FOR REHEARING WILL BE ALLOWED. 
 
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - Certified 
Great Public Importance  
 
 
First District - Case No. 1D07-2801 
 
 
(Escambia County) 
 
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Trisha Meggs Pate, Bureau Chief, and Donna 
A. Gerace, Assistant Attorneys General, Tallahassee, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
Nancy A. Daniel, Public Defender, and Glen P. Gifford, Assistant Public Defender, 
Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent