Title: Gary M. Dirk v. State of Florida
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC08-6
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: March 1, 2012

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC08-6 
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GARY M. DIRK, 
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
STATE OF FLORIDA, 
Respondent. 
 
 
[March 1, 2012] 
 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
We have for review Dirk v. State, 969 So. 2d 1170 (Fla. 5th DCA 2007), in 
which the Fifth District Court of Appeal certified conflict with Isaac v. State, 911 
So. 2d 813 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005).  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § (3)(b)(4), Fla. 
Const. 
 
We stayed proceedings in this case pending disposition of Isaac.  See State 
v. Isaac, 66 So. 3d 912 (Fla. 2011).  We thereafter issued an order directing 
petitioner to show cause why this Court’s decisions in State v. Fleming, 61 So. 3d 
399 (Fla. 2011), and State v. Isaac, 66 So. 3d 912 (Fla. 2011), are not controlling in 
 
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this case and why the Court should not decline to exercise jurisdiction in this case.  
Upon review of the responses, we have determined to exercise jurisdiction.  
Accordingly, we grant the petition for review in the present case and quash the 
decision under review.  This matter is therefore remanded to the Fifth District 
Court of Appeal for further proceedings. 
 
It is so ordered. 
CANADY, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, POLSTON, LABARGA, 
and PERRY, 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 
 
 
Fifth District - Case No. 5D06-3770 
 
 
(Brevard County) 
 
James S. Purdy, Public Defender, Ailene S. Rogers and James R. Wulchak, 
Assistant Public Defenders, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, and Rebecca Roark 
Wall, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent