Title: Raydel B. Rodriguez v. State of Florida

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC09-116 
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RAYDEL B. RODRIGUEZ,   
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
STATE OF FLORIDA,  
Respondent. 
 
[May 10, 2012] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
We have for review State v. Rodriguez, 997 So. 2d 1210 (Fla. 3d DCA 
2008), in which the Third District Court of Appeal cited as authority its decision in 
State v. Jardines, 9 So. 3d 1 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008), quashed, 73 So. 3d 34 (Fla. 
2011), cert. granted in part, 132 S. Ct. 995 (2012).  At the time the Third District 
issued its Rodriguez decision, Jardines 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 Jardines v. 
State, 73 So. 3d 34 (Fla. 2011), cert. granted in part, 132 S. Ct. 995 (2012), in 
 
 
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which we ultimately quashed the Third District’s underlying Jardines decision.  
We then issued an order directing respondent in the present case to show cause 
why we should not accept jurisdiction, quash the Third District’s underlying 
Rodriguez decision, and remand for reconsideration in light of our decision in 
Jardines. 
 
Upon consideration of the response and petitioner’s reply thereto, we have 
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 
Third District for reconsideration upon application of this Court’s Jardines 
decision. 
 
It is so ordered. 
LEWIS, QUINCE, LABARGA, and PERRY, JJ., concur. 
CANADY, C.J., and PARIENTE, and POLSTON, JJ., dissent. 
 
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 
 
 
Third District - Case No. 3D07-2451 
 
 
(Dade County) 
 
George T. Pallas, Miami, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
 
 
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Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General; Richard L. Polin, Chief Assistant Attorney 
General; and Timothy Rhys Morgan Thomas, Assistant Attorney General, Miami, 
Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent