Title: Eddie Lee Steadman v. State Of Florida
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC08-2469
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: July 9, 2009

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC08-2469 
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EDDIE LEE STEADMAN,  
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
STATE OF FLORIDA,  
Respondent. 
 
[July 9, 2009] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
We have for review Steadman v. State, 997 So. 2d 417 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008) 
(table), in which the Second District Court of Appeal cited as authority its decision 
in Gisi v. State, 948 So. 2d 816 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007), quashed, 4 So. 3d 613 (Fla. 
2009).  At the time the Second District issued its Steadman decision, Gisi 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 State v. 
Rabedeau, 2 So. 3d 191 (Fla. 2009) (disapproving the Second District’s Gisi 
decision), and Gisi v. State, 4 So. 3d 613 (Fla. 2009) (quashing the Second 
 
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District’s Gisi decision).  We then issued an order directing respondent in the 
present case to show cause why we should not accept jurisdiction, quash the 
Second District’s underlying Steadman decision and remand for reconsideration in 
light of our decisions in Rabedeau and Gisi.  Upon considering respondent’s 
response, and petitioner’s reply thereto, we have determined to so proceed. 
          We accordingly accept jurisdiction and grant the petition for review in the 
present case.  The decision under review is quashed, and this matter is remanded to 
the Second District for reconsideration upon application of this Court’s decisions 
in Rabedeau and Gisi. 
          It is so ordered. 
QUINCE, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, CANADY, POLSTON, LABARGA, 
and PERRY, 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 - Direct 
Conflict of Decisions 
 
 
Second District - Case No. 2D07-4748 
 
(Polk County) 
 
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Bruce P. Taylor, Assistant Public 
Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
 
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Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, and Susan M. Shanahan, 
Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent