Title: State of Florida v. Albertoine Nordelus
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC04-2408
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: March 5, 2009

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC04-2408 
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STATE OF FLORIDA,  
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
ALBERTOINE NORDELUS, 
Respondent. 
 
[March 5, 2009] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
We have for review Nordelus v. State, 889 So. 2d 910 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004), 
in which the Fourth District Court of Appeal certified conflict with the First 
District Court of Appeal’s decision in State v. Bolware, 28 Fla. L. Weekly D2493 
(Fla. 1st DCA Oct. 31, 2003), approved, 995 So. 2d 268 (Fla. 2008).  We have 
jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.   
          We stayed proceedings in this case pending disposition of Bolware.  We 
have since decided Bolware, in which we approved the First District’s underlying 
Bolware decision and disapproved the Fourth District’s Nordelus decision.  See 
Bolware v. State, 995 So. 2d 268 (Fla. 2008).  We thus issued an order directing 
 
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respondent in the present case to show cause why we should not exercise 
jurisdiction, quash the Fourth District’s Nordelus decision, and remand for 
reconsideration in light of our decision in Bolware.  Respondent did not respond to 
that order, thereby constructively conceding that we should so proceed. 
          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 
Court of Appeal for reconsideration upon application of this Court’s decision in 
Bolware. 
It is so ordered.    
QUINCE, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, CANADY, POLSTON, and 
LABARGA, 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. 4D04-2756 
 
 
(Broward County) 
 
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, Celia Terenzio, Bureau 
Chief, and August A. Bonavita, Assistant Attorneys General, West Palm Beach, 
Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
Mark Skipper, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent