Title: Queen Elizabeth Collins v. State of Florida

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC09-1294 
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QUEEN ELIZABETH COLLINS,  
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
STATE OF FLORIDA,  
Respondent. 
 
[December 3, 2009] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
We have for review Collins v. State, 12 So. 3d 227 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009) 
(table), in which the Second District Court of Appeal cited as authority its decision 
in Sheppard v. State, 988 So. 2d 74 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008), quashed, 17 So. 3d 275 
(Fla. 2009).  At the time the Second District issued its Collins decision, Sheppard 
was pending review in this Court.  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. 
Const.; Jollie v. State, 405 So. 2d 418 (Fla. 1981).   
          We stayed proceedings in this case pending our disposition of Sheppard v. 
State, 17 So. 3d 275 (Fla. 2009), in which we ultimately quashed the Second 
District’s underlying Sheppard decision.  We then issued an order directing 
 
 
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respondent in the present case to show cause why we should not accept 
jurisdiction, quash the Second District’s underlying Collins decision, and remand 
for reconsideration in light of our decision in Sheppard.  Respondent in its 
response concedes that it can show no such cause.   
          We have accordingly determined to accept jurisdiction and grant the petition 
for review in the present case.  The decision under review is quashed and this 
matter is remanded to the Second District for reconsideration upon application of 
this Court’s Sheppard decision. 
          It is so ordered. 
QUINCE, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, CANADY, POLSTON, LABARGA, 
and PERRY, 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 - Direct 
Conflict of Decisions 
 
 
Second District - Case No. 2D08-3691 and CRC07-26704CFANO 
 
 
(Pinellas County) 
 
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and William L. Sharwell, Assistant 
Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, Florida 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, and Jonathan P. Hurley, 
Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent