Case Name: Antonio PARKER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1988-09-13
Citations: 530 So. 2d 1084
Docket Number: No. 87-2266
Parties: Antonio PARKER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HUBBART and BASKIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 530
Pages: 1084–1085

Head Matter:
Antonio PARKER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 87-2266.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Sept. 13, 1988.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Bruce A. Rosenthal, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Yvette Rhodes Prescott, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HUBBART and BASKIN, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER PERMANENTLY ABATING CAUSE
PER CURIAM.
On January 10, 1988, during the penden-cy of this appeal from his conviction and sentence for grand theft, the appellant Antonio Parker died in custody. We conclude that, under these circumstances, permanent ab initio abatement of the prosecution, both in the trial court and in this one, is appropriate and is therefore hereby ordered. Cruz v. State, 137 So.2d 254 (Fla. 2d DCA 1962); Bagley v. State, 122 So.2d 789 (Fla. 1st DCA 1960); cf. United States v. Romano, 755 F.2d 1401 (11th Cir.1985) (death pending direct appeal of criminal conviction results in dismissal of appeal as moot and dismissal of indictment); United States v. Pauline, 625 F.2d 684 (5th Cir. 1980) (abatement by death while appeal pending results in vacation of conviction and dismissal of indictment); compare Dove v. United States, 423 U.S. 325, 96 S.Ct. 579, 46 L.Ed.2d 531 (1976) (death results in dismissal of certiorari).