Case Name: David PROVENCE, Appellant, v. Jacob W. GILLIKIN and Schuberth, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-05-27
Citations: 711 So. 2d 627
Docket Number: No. 97-0775
Parties: David PROVENCE, Appellant, v. Jacob W. GILLIKIN and Schuberth, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellees.
Judges: STONE, C.J., and GUNTHER and POLEN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 711
Pages: 627–628

Head Matter:
David PROVENCE, Appellant, v. Jacob W. GILLIKIN and Schuberth, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellees.
No. 97-0775.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
May 27, 1998.
Rehearing Stricken July 6, 1998.
Leon C. Baker, Boca Raton, for Appellant.
Patrick J. Casey of Boose Casey Ciklin Lubitz Martens MeBane & O’Connell, West Palm Beach, for Appellee Jacob W. Gillikin.

Opinion:
ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
PER CURIAM.
We deny Appellant's motion for rehearing but withdraw our opinion of March 18, 1998, and substitute the following opinion:
Affirmed. The trial court's decision not to take judicial notice of the evidence in question was not an abuse of discretion. Although sections 90.203 and 90.202(5), Florida Statutes, govern taking judicial notice of an official action of an executive department upon request of a party, the document here is not an official action of the agency, but, as recognized by the trial court, is a charging document serving to initiate further proceedings.
STONE, C.J., and GUNTHER and POLEN, JJ., concur.