Case Name: STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Edgar Sylvester WHITBY, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2008-02-07
Citations: 975 So. 2d 1124
Docket Number: No. SC06-420
Parties: STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Edgar Sylvester WHITBY, Respondent.
Judges: LEWIS, C.J., and ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, and QUINCE, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 975
Pages: 1124–1133

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Edgar Sylvester WHITBY, Respondent.
No. SC06-420.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Feb. 7, 2008.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, Richard L. Polin, Bureau Chief, and Valentina M. Tejera, Assistant Attorneys General, Miami, FL, for Petitioner.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Shannon Patricia McKenna, Assistant Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, FL, for Respondent.
Rodolfo Sorondo, Jr. of Holland and Knight, LLP, Miami, FL, and Arthur I. Jacobs, Fernandina Beach, FL, on behalf of the Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association; and Benjamin S. Waxman of Robbins, Tunkey, Ross, et al., Miami, FL, Elliot H. Scherker of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, FL, Karen M. Gottlieb, Coconut Grove, FL, and Roy D. Wasson of Wasson and Associates, Miami, FL, on behalf of Florida Justice Association, American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, Caribbean Bar Association, Asian Pacific American Bar Association of South Florida, Cuban American Bar Association, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Miami Chapter, Florida Association of Women Lawyers, Miami-Dade Chapter, Gwen Cherry/Black Women Lawyers Association, Haitian Lawyers Association, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr., Bar Association, As Amici Curiae.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We initially accepted review of this case, Whitby v. State, 938 So.2d 557 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006), on the basis of the district court's certification of a question of great public importance. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. However, upon reflection and further consideration we have determined to deny review and discharge jurisdiction.
It is so ordered.
LEWIS, C.J., and ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, and QUINCE, JJ., concur.
PARIENTE, J., concurs with an opinion, in which ANSTEAD and QUINCE, JJ., concur.
CANTERO, J., dissents with an opinion, in which WELLS and BELL, JJ., concur.