Title: Joseph Mcbride V. State Of Florida
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC02-619
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: September 30, 2004

Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida 
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No. SC02-619 
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JOSEPH MCBRIDE, 
Petitioner, 
vs. 
STATE OF FLORIDA, 
Respondent. 
 
[September 30, 2004] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
We have for review McBride v. State, 816 So. 2d 656 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002), 
which expressly and directly conflicts with this Court’s decision in Cardenas v. 
State, 867 So. 2d 384 (Fla. 2004), on the harmless error analysis to be applied in 
DUI cases in which an instruction on the statutory presumption of impairment is 
given in error.  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.  We accept 
this case for review, quash the decision of the Second District Court of Appeal, and 
remand for reconsideration in light of our opinion in Cardenas. 
It is so ordered. 
 
PARIENTE, C.J., and ANSTEAD, LEWIS, CANTERO and BELL, JJ., concur. 
WELLS, J., dissents with an opinion, in which QUINCE, J., concurs. 
 
 
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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION, AND 
IF FILED, DETERMINED. 
 
 
 
WELLS, J., dissenting. 
I dissent for the reasons stated in Cardenas v. State, 867 So. 2d 384, 397-98 
(Fla. 2004) (Wells, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part). 
 
QUINCE, J., concurs. 
 
 
 
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - Direct 
Conflict 
 
 
Second District - Case No. 2D99-2629 
 
 
(Hillsborough County) 
 
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender and Joseph N. D’Achille, Jr., Special 
Assistant Public Defender, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Robert J. Krauss Senior Assistant Attorney 
General and Susan D. Dunlevy, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent