Title: Ronald Corker v. State of Florida

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC06-2140 
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RONALD CORKER,  
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
STATE OF FLORIDA,  
Respondent. 
 
[March 19, 2009] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
We have for review Corker v. State, 937 So. 2d 757 (Fla. 4th DCA 
2006), 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.  
We now possess the record on appeal, which contains a Department of 
Corrections Crime and Time Report that was properly authenticated under 
seal as provided by section 90.902(1), Florida Statutes (2003).  See Yisrael, 
993 So. 2d at 960-61 (approving this authentication method).  Further, the 
record includes a transcript of petitioner Corker’s sentencing hearing, which 
confirms that this activities-based public record was properly admitted and 
considered by the trial court in sentencing Corker as a prison-releasee 
reoffender.  See § 775.082(9)(a), Fla. Stat. (2002).    
 
Accordingly, we grant the petition for review and, as we did in 
Yisrael, approve the ultimate result reached by the Fourth District Court of 
Appeal below, but disapprove its reliance upon the rule expressed in Yisrael 
v. State, 938 So. 2d 546 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006), because the Crime and Time 
Report provided in this case was properly authenticated under seal.  See 
Yisrael, 993 So. 2d at 960-61.     
 
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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. 4D05-1084 
 
 
(St. Lucie County) 
 
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Elisabeth Porter, Assistant Public 
Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, and Daniel P. Hyndman, 
Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent