Title: Michael Denlinger v. State of Florida
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC06-2247
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: March 19, 2009

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC06-2247 
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MICHAEL DENLINGER,  
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
STATE OF FLORIDA,  
Respondent. 
 
[March 19, 2009] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
We have for review Delinger v. State, 944 So. 2d 1072 (Fla. 4th DCA 
2006),1 in which the Fourth District Court of Appeal relied on 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 affirmed the trial court without 
further elaboration.  At the time that petitioner sought to invoke this Court’s 
discretionary jurisdiction, Yisrael was pending review.  We have 
                                          
 
 
1.  Based upon the materials submitted to this Court, there is confusion 
concerning whether petitioner’s surname is spelled “Delinger,” as reported by the 
Fourth District, or “Denlinger” as used by the parties.  (Emphasis supplied.) 
jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.; Jollie v. State, 405 So. 2d 
418, 420 (Fla. 1981). 
 
We stayed proceedings in this case pending our disposition of Yisrael, 
in which we:  (1) approved the decision of the First District in Gray v. State, 
910 So. 2d 867 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005), 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.  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. 
 
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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 - Direct 
Conflict of Decisions 
 
 
Fourth District - Case No. 4D05-2475 
 
 
(St. Lucie County) 
 
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Marcy K. Allen, Assistant Public 
Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, Celia Terenzio, Bureau 
Chief, Monique E. L’Italien and Mitchell A. Egber, Assistant Attorneys General, 
West Palm Beach, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent