Title: William E. Teal v. State Of Florida
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC04-102
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: September 28, 2006

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC04-102 
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WILLIAM E. TEAL, 
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
STATE OF FLORIDA, 
Respondent. 
 
[October 5, 2006] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
We have for review Teal v. State, 862 So. 2d 871 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003), in 
which the Second District Court of Appeal certified conflict with the Fourth 
District Court of Appeal’s decision in Richardson v. State, 884 So. 2d 950 (Fla. 4th 
DCA 2003), reh’g granted in part, 884 So. 2d 950, 952 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004), 
quashed, 915 So. 2d 86 (Fla. 2005).  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(4), 
Fla. Const. 
We recently quashed the Fourth District Court of Appeal’s decision in 
Richardson and clarified that the sanction of probation is a “sentence” for purposes 
of applying the sequential conviction requirement of the habitual felony offender 
statute, section 775.084(5), Florida Statutes (1999).  See State v. Richardson, 915 
So. 2d 86 (Fla. 2005). 
The present case involves the sanction of community control.  For the same 
reasons that we found probation to be a “sentence” in Richardson, we hold that the 
sanction of community control is a “sentence” for purposes of applying the 
sequential conviction requirement.  Accordingly, we approve the decision by the 
Second District Court of Appeal in Teal. 
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. 2D03-1446 
 
 
(Pinellas County) 
 
Heather M. Gray, Riverview, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, Robert J. Krauss, 
Bureau Chief, Tampa Criminal Appeals and Dale E. Tarpley, Assistant Attorney 
General, Tampa, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent 
 
 
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