Title: Anthony H. Jerry v. State of Florida
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC95-866
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: July 13, 2000

Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC95866
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ANTHONY H. JERRY,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[July 13, 2000]
PER CURIAM.
We have for review Jerry v. State, 732 So. 2d 500 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999), a 
decision of the Fifth District Court of Appeal affirming on the authority of its
opinion in  Maddox v. State, 708 So. 2d 617 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998), approved in
part, disapproved in part, 25 Fla. L. Weekly S367 (Fla. May 11, 2000).  We have
jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.; Jollie v. State, 405 So. 2d 418, 420
(Fla. 1981).  Jerry received a five-year habitual offender sentence for possession of
cocaine.  A habitual offender sentence for possession of cocaine is expressly
1We decline to address the other issues raised by Jerry that are not the basis of our jurisdiction.
See, e.g., Wood v. State, 750 So. 2d 592, 595 n.3 (Fla. 1999); McMullen v. State, 714 So. 2d 368, 373
(Fla. 1998).
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prohibited by statute.  See Maddox v. State, 25 Fla. L. Weekly S367, S370-71 (Fla.
May 11, 2000).  In accordance with our decision in Maddox, we quash the decision
below and remand for further proceedings in light of that opinion.1
It is so ordered.
WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, LEWIS and
QUINCE, JJ., concur.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION, AND
IF FILED, DETERMINED.
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - 
Direct Conflict
Fifth District - Case No. 5D97-2638 
(Orange County)
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Susan A. Fagan, Assistant Public
Defender, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, Florida,
for Petitioner
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Kellie A. Nielan, and Wesley Heidt,
Assistant Attorneys General, Daytona Beach, Florida,
for Respondent