Title: James Clifford Jerry v. State of Florida
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC06-2515
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: March 19, 2009

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC06-2515 
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JAMES CLIFFORD JERRY,  
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
STATE OF FLORIDA,  
Respondent. 
 
[March 19, 2009] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
We have for review Jerry v. State, 943 So. 2d 941 (Fla. 4th DCA 
2006), in which the Fourth District Court of Appeal relied upon its decision 
in Yisrael v. State, 938 So. 2d 546 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006) (en banc), 
disapproved in part, 993 So. 2d 952 (Fla. 2008), and certified conflict with 
the First District’s decision in Gray v. State, 910 So. 2d 867 (Fla. 1st DCA 
2005).  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.  
 
We stayed proceedings in this case pending our disposition of Yisrael, 
in which we:  (1) approved the decision of the First District in Gray, and (2) 
disapproved the reasoning and rule of law articulated by the Fourth District 
in its underlying decision, but ultimately approved the result reached by that 
court on other grounds.  See Yisrael v. State, 993 So. 2d 952, 960-61 (Fla. 
2008).  We subsequently issued an order directing the State to show cause 
why we should not accept jurisdiction, summarily quash the decision under 
review, and remand for reconsideration in light of our decision in Yisrael.  In 
response, the State asserts that documents submitted during sentencing 
complied with this Court’s Yisrael decision, which is contested by the 
petitioner.  However, the full appellate record is not before the Court, and 
the Fourth District is a more appropriate forum in which to raise these 
factual contentions that were not addressed within the four corners of the 
district court’s opinion below.  
 
Accordingly, we grant the petition for review, quash, and remand to 
the Fourth District Court of Appeal for reconsideration upon application of 
our decision in Yisrael. 
 
It is so ordered. 
QUINCE, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, CANADY, POLSTON, and 
LABARGA, 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 
 
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Fourth District - Case No. 4D06-4147 
 
 
(Martin County) 
 
James Clifford Jerry, Pro se, Belle Glades, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, and Mark J. Hamel, 
Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent