Title: State Of Florida v. Alberto Rodriguez
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC04-390
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: June 23, 2005

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC04-390 
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STATE OF FLORIDA, 
Appellant, 
 
vs. 
 
ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ, 
Appellee. 
 
[June 23, 2005] 
 
WELLS, J. 
 
We have on appeal a decision of the Third District Court of Appeal 
declaring invalid a state statute.  Rodriguez v. State, 29 Fla. L. Weekly D241 (Fla. 
3d DCA Jan. 21, 2004).  Rodriguez also expressly and directly conflicts with the 
decision in Sult v. State, 839 So. 2d 798 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003).  We have 
jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(1), (3), Fla. Const. 
 
For the reasons stated in our opinion in Sult v. State, No. SC03-542 (Fla. 
opinion filed June 23, 2005), we affirm the decision of the Third District in 
Rodriguez. 
 
 
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It is so ordered. 
 
PARIENTE, C.J., and ANSTEAD, LEWIS, and QUINCE, JJ., concur. 
CANTERO and BELL, JJ., dissent. 
 
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION, AND 
IF FILED, DETERMINED. 
 
 
An Appeal from the District Court of Appeal - Statutory or Constitutional 
Invalidity 
 
 
Third District - Case No. 3D01-2332 
 
 
(Dade County) 
 
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, Richard L. Polin, 
Bureau Chief, Criminal Appeals, Miami, Florida, and  Barbara A. Zappi, Assistant 
Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 
 
 
for Appellant 
 
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Robert Godfrey, Assistant Public 
Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, Florida, 
 
 
for Appellee