Title: Edward Byrd v. State Of Florida
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC05-327
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: September 28, 2006

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC05-327 
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EDWARD BYRD,  
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
STATE OF FLORIDA,  
Respondent. 
 
[October 19, 2006] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
We have for review Byrd v. State, 893 So. 2d 620 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005), in 
which the Second District Court of Appeal cited Garcia v. State, 854 So. 2d 758 
(Fla. 2d DCA 2003), quashed, 901 So. 2d 788 (Fla. 2005), and, as it had done in 
Garcia, certified conflict with the First District Court of Appeal’s decision in 
Goodman v. State, 839 So. 2d 902 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003), approved by Garcia v. 
State, 901 So. 2d 788 (Fla. 2005).  At the time the Second District Court of Appeal 
issued its decision in Byrd, Garcia was 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). 
 
In Garcia v. State, 901 So. 2d 788 (Fla. 2005), this Court quashed Garcia and 
approved Goodman.  In response to an order of this Court dated January 27, 2006, 
the respondent/State has acknowledged that it “cannot show cause why this Court 
should not accept jurisdiction and remand for reconsideration in light of Garcia.”  
We accordingly grant the petition for review in the present case.  The decision 
under review is quashed and this matter is remanded to the Second District Court 
of Appeal for reconsideration upon application of this Court’s decision in Garcia.   
 
It is so ordered. 
LEWIS, C.J., and WELLS, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, QUINCE, CANTERO, and 
BELL, 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 
 
 
Second District - Case No. 2D03-2756 
 
 
(Polk County) 
 
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender and William L. Sharwell, Assistant 
Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, and Chandra Waite 
Dasrat, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent 
 
 
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