Title: State Of Florida v. Reginald Swindle
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC04-1931
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: January 26, 2006

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC04-1931 
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STATE OF FLORIDA, 
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
REGINALD SWINDLE,  
Respondent. 
 
[February 9, 2006] 
 
BELL, J. 
We have for review Swindle v. State, 29 Fla. L. Weekly D2037 (Fla. 3d DCA 
Sept. 9, 2004), in which the Third District Court of Appeal cited with approval its 
decision in Espindola v. State, 855 So. 2d 1281 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003), rev’d sub nom. 
Milks v. State, 894 So. 2d 924 (Fla.), cert. denied, 126 S. Ct. 368 (2005), and certified 
conflict with the Second District Court of Appeal’s decision in Milks v. State, 848 So. 
2d 1167 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003), approved, 894 So. 2d 924 (Fla.), cert. denied, 126 S. Ct. 
368 (2005).  At the time the Third District Court of Appeal issued its decision in 
Swindle, both Espindola and Milks were 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). 
 
 
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The petition for review is granted.  On the authority of our decision in Milks v. 
State, 894 So. 2d 924 (Fla.), cert. denied, 126 S. Ct. 368 (2005), the decision under 
review is quashed, and this matter is remanded to the Third District Court of Appeal 
for reconsideration upon application of this Court’s decision in Milks. 
It is so ordered. 
PARIENTE, C.J., and WELLS, ANSTEAD, LEWIS, QUINCE, and CANTERO, 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 
 
 
Third District - Case No. 3D04-903 
 
 
(Dade County) 
 
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida and Richard L. Polin, 
Bureau Chief, Criminal Appeals, Miami, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
Reginald Swindle, Pro se, Florida City, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent