Title: State Of Florida v. Henry Blanton
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC07-815
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: January 15, 2009

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC07-815 
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STATE OF FLORIDA,  
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
HENRY BLANTON, 
Respondent. 
 
[January 15, 2009] 
 
LEWIS, J. 
We have for review Blanton v. State, 956 So. 2d 480 (Fla. 5th DCA 2007), 
in which the Fifth District Court of Appeal certified a question of great public 
importance.  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.   
We stayed proceedings in this case pending our disposition of Martinez v. 
State, 981 So. 2d 449 (Fla. 2008).  When our decision in Martinez became final, 
we issued an order directing the parties to show cause why we should not exercise 
jurisdiction, quash the Blanton decision, and remand for reconsideration in light of 
our decision in Martinez.  Upon consideration of the responses to our order, we 
have determined to exercise jurisdiction.    
 
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We accordingly grant the petition for review in the present case.  The 
decision under review is quashed, and this matter is remanded to the Fifth District 
Court of Appeal for reconsideration upon application of this Court’s decision in 
Martinez. 
 
It is so ordered. 
QUINCE, C.J., WELLS, PARIENTE, CANADY, and POLSTON, JJ., and 
ANSTEAD, Senior Justice, 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 
Great Public Importance  
 
 
Fifth District - Case No. 5D05-3786 
 
 
(Lake County) 
 
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, and Kristen L. Davenport, 
Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Brynn Newton, Assistant Public Defender, 
Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent