Case Name: The STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Rickey Bernard ROBERTS, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2009-12-23
Citations: 126 So. 3d 258
Docket Number: No. 3D09-2379
Parties: The STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Rickey Bernard ROBERTS, Respondent.
Judges: Before WELLS and SHEPHERD, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 126
Pages: 258–259

Head Matter:
The STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Rickey Bernard ROBERTS, Respondent.
No. 3D09-2379.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Dec. 23, 2009.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Sandra S. Jaggard, Assistant Attorney General, for petitioner.
Joseph P. George, Jr., Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Third Region of Florida, and Martin J. McClain, Special Assistant Regional Counsel (Wilton Manors), for respondent.
Before WELLS and SHEPHERD, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

Opinion:
ORDER OF TRANSFER
SHEPHERD, J.
This case is before us on the State's Petition for Certiorari seeking review of an order of the Miami-Dade Circuit Court denying its motion to disqualify defense counsel.
As the Florida Supreme Court has made clear its appellate jurisdiction over death penalty cases includes not just exclusive jurisdiction to review all collateral proceedings that develop in those actions, but extends as well to collateral proceedings in cases such as this, where the Court has vacated a death sentence and remanded for further proceedings, see Roberts v. State, 840 So.2d 962, 973 (Fla.2002), we order this case to be transferred to the Florida Supreme Court for further proceedings. See Fla. R.App. P. 9.040(b)(1); State v. Fourth Dist. Ct.App., 697 So.2d 70, 71 (Fla.1997).
SO ORDERED.