Case Name: Versiah M. TAYLOR, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-05-18
Citations: 759 So. 2d 678
Docket Number: No. SC94070
Parties: Versiah M. TAYLOR, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: HARDING, C.J., and WELLS, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE and LEWIS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 759
Pages: 678–678

Head Matter:
Versiah M. TAYLOR, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. SC94070.
Supreme Court of Florida.
May 18, 2000.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and David P. Gauldin, Assistant Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, Florida, for Petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, James W. Rogers, Tallahassee Bureau Chief, Criminal Appeals, and Edward C. Hill, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, for Respondent.

Opinion:
SHAW, J.
We have for review Taylor v. State, 711 So.2d 1887 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998), wherein the district court certified the following question:
Should the holding in State v. Gurican, 576 So.2d 709 (Fla.1991), be re-evaluated in light of Ortega-Rodriguez v. United States, 507 U.S. 234, 113 S.Ct. 1199, 122 L.Ed.2d 581 (1993)?
Taylor v. State, 739 So.2d 98 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.
We have since answered this question in the affirmative in Griffis v. State, 759 So.2d 668 (Fla.2000), wherein we held that where a defendant absconds and returns before filing an appeal, the misconduct ordinarily should be addressed by the trial court, not the appellate court. Automatic appellate dismissal in such a situation is improper under Ortega-Rodriguez. We quash Taylor and remand for proceedings consistent with Griffis.
It is so ordered.
HARDING, C.J., and WELLS, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE and LEWIS, JJ., concur.
QUINCE, J., concurs in result only.