Title: Carlos Macias v. State Of Florida
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC07-1229
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: February 26, 2009

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC07-1229 
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CARLOS MACIAS,  
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
STATE OF FLORIDA,  
Respondent. 
 
[February 26, 2009] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
We have for review Macias v. State, 956 So. 2d 529 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007), in 
which the Fourth District Court of Appeal cited as authority its decision in 
Saintelien v. State, 937 So. 2d 234 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006), approved in result, 990 
So. 2d 494 (Fla. 2008).  At the time the Fourth District Court issued its decision 
in Macias, its Saintelien decision 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 the present case pending our disposition of Saintelien, in which 
we ultimately held that “a rule 3.800(a) motion to correct an illegal sentence 
may be used to challenge a sexual predator designation, but limit our holding to 
cases where it is apparent from the face of the record that the defendant did not 
meet the criteria for designation as a sexual predator.”  Saintelien v. State, 990 
So. 2d 494, 495 (Fla. 2008).  In so holding, we approved the result the Fourth 
District Court’s underlying Saintelien decision.  See id. at 497.   
      We have determined to 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 Fourth District Court for reconsideration upon review of the 
record and application of this Court’s decision in Saintelien. 
      It is so ordered. 
QUINCE, C.J., and WELLS, 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 - Direct 
Conflict of Decisions 
 
 
Fourth District - Case No. 4D07-1071 
 
 
(St. Lucie County) 
 
Carlos Macias, pro se, Wewahitchka, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
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Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent