Title: State Of Florida v. Theodore Williamson A/K/A Theodore Jaworski
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC02-2275
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: April 26, 2007

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC02-2275 
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STATE OF FLORIDA,  
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
THEODORE WILLIAMSON A/K/A THEODORE JAWORSKI, 
Respondent. 
 
[April 26, 2007] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
We have for review Jaworski v. State, 828 So. 2d 1046 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002), 
in which the Fourth District Court of Appeal certified conflict with Bates v. State, 
818 So. 2d 626 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002), quashed, 887 So. 2d 1214 (Fla. 2004).  At the 
time the Fourth District issued its decision in Jaworski, Bates was pending review 
in this Court.  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(3)-(4), Fla. Const.; Jollie v. 
State, 405 So. 2d 418 (Fla. 1981).  
 
We stayed this case and proceeded to issue our related decisions in Bates v. 
State, 887 So. 2d 1214 (Fla. 2004), and State v. Dickey, 928 So. 2d 1193 (Fla. 
2006).  Once those decisions were final, we issued an order directing the 
respondent to show cause why we should not exercise our jurisdiction 
to summarily quash the decision under review and remand for reconsideration in 
light of our decisions in Bates and Dickey.  Upon consideration of the respondent's 
response, and the petitioner's reply thereto, we have determined to do just that. 
 
We accordingly grant the petition for review in the present case.  The 
decision under review is quashed and this matter is remanded to the Fourth District 
for reconsideration upon application of this Court's decisions in Bates and Dickey.  
Respondent's pending motion to consider ancillary issues is hereby denied as 
moot.    
 
It is so ordered. 
LEWIS, C.J., and WELLS, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, QUINCE, CANTERO, and 
BELL, 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 - Certified 
Direct Conflict of Decisions 
 
 
Fourth District - Case No. 4D02-1840 
 
 
(Broward County) 
 
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, Melanie Dale Surber and 
David M. Schultz, Assistant Attorneys General, West Palm Beach, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
 
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Theodore Williamson, pro se, Bushnell, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent 
 
 
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