Title: Rene Rodriguez v. State of Florida
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC11-1788
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: March 27, 2014

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC11-1788 
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RENE RODRIGUEZ,  
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
STATE OF FLORIDA,  
Respondent. 
 
[March 27, 2014] 
 
LABARGA, J. 
We have for review Rodriguez v. State, 65 So. 3d 1133, 1137 (Fla. 4th DCA 
2011), in which the Fourth District Court of Appeal cited as authority its decision 
in Williams v. State, 40 So. 3d 72 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010), quashed, 123 So. 3d 23 
(Fla. 2013).  At the time the Fourth District issued its decision in Rodriguez, 
Williams was pending review in this Court.  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, 
§ 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.; Jollie v. State, 405 So. 2d 418 (Fla. 1981). 
 
We stayed proceedings in this case pending our disposition of Williams v. 
State, 123 So. 3d 23 (Fla. 2013), in which we ultimately quashed the Fourth 
District’s underlying Williams decision.  We then issued an order directing the 
 
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Respondent to show cause why this Court should not accept jurisdiction, 
summarily quash the Fourth District’s decision in Rodriguez, and remand for 
reconsideration in light of our decision in Williams. 
 
Upon consideration of the response, in which the Respondent agrees with 
the disposition set forth in the order to show cause, and upon consideration of the 
reply of the Petitioner, we grant the petition for review, quash the Fourth District’s 
decision in Rodriguez, and remand this case to the Fourth District for further 
proceedings consistent with our decision in Williams. 
 
It is so ordered. 
POLSTON, C.J., and LEWIS, QUINCE, CANADY, and PERRY, JJ., concur. 
PARIENTE, J., recused.  
 
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 of Decisions  
 
Fourth District - Case No. 4D09-556  
 
(Broward County)  
 
Carol Stafford Haughwout, Public Defender, and Gary Lee Caldwell, Assistant 
Public Defender, West Palm Beach, Florida,   
 
for Petitioner 
  
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida; and Consiglia Terenzio 
and Heidi Lynn Bettendorf, Assistant Attorneys General, West Palm Beach, 
Florida,  
 
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for Respondent