Case Name: James V. CROSBY, Jr., etc., Petitioner, v. Clarence W. DOWNS, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2005-10-12
Citations: 913 So. 2d 579
Docket Number: No. SC04-1153
Parties: James V. CROSBY, Jr., etc., Petitioner, v. Clarence W. DOWNS, Respondent.
Judges: PARIENTE, C j., and WELLS, ANSTEAD, LEWIS, QUINCE, CANTERO, and BELL, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 913
Pages: 579–579

Head Matter:
James V. CROSBY, Jr., etc., Petitioner, v. Clarence W. DOWNS, Respondent.
No. SC04-1153.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Oct. 12, 2005.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General and Barbara Debelius, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.
Deborah Marks, Miami, FL, for Respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We initially accepted jurisdiction to review Downs v. Crosby, 874 So.2d 648 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004), based on express and direct conflict with a decision of another district court. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. Clarence W. Downs has been released from custody and said release went unchallenged by the Florida Department of Corrections. The issues in the case are now moot as they apply to Downs. We exercise our discretion and discharge jurisdiction of this cause as moot. Accordingly, this review proceeding is hereby dismissed.
It is so ordered.
PARIENTE, C j., and WELLS, ANSTEAD, LEWIS, QUINCE, CANTERO, and BELL, JJ., concur.