Title: John R. Richards v. State of Florida
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC14-184
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: March 1, 2018

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC14-184 
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JOHN R. RICHARDS, 
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
STATE OF FLORIDA, 
Respondent. 
 
[March 1, 2018] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
We initially accepted jurisdiction to review the decision of the Second 
District Court of Appeal in Richards v. State, 128 So. 3d 959 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013), 
on grounds of express and direct conflict with this Court’s decision in Williams v. 
State, 123 So. 3d 23 (Fla. 2013).  See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.  Having 
considered the Second District’s opinion and the briefs of the parties, upon further 
review, we have determined that we should exercise our discretion and discharge 
jurisdiction.  Accordingly, we hereby dismiss review. 
 
It is so ordered. 
 
 
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LABARGA, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, POLSTON, and 
LAWSON, JJ., concur.  
CANADY, J., concurs in result. 
 
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal – Direct 
Conflict of Decisions  
 
 
Second District - Case No. 2D11-1484 
 
 
(Pinellas County) 
 
Howard L. “Rex” Dimmig, II, Public Defender, and William L. Sharwell, Assistant 
Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, John Klawikofsky, Chief 
Assistant Attorney General, and Cerese Crawford Taylor, Senior Assistant 
Attorney General, Tampa, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent