Title: Jason A. Yegge v. State of Florida
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC15-770
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: December 10, 2015

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC15-770 
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JASON A. YEGGE,  
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
STATE OF FLORIDA,  
Respondent. 
 
[December 10, 2015] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
Petitioner, Jason A. Yegge, sought review of the Second District Court of 
Appeal’s decision in Yegge v. State, No. 2D12-4193, 40 Fla. L. Weekly D874 
(Fla. 2d DCA April 15, 2015), which certified conflict with the Fourth District 
Court of Appeal’s decision in Blacker v. State, 49 So. 3d 785 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010).  
After Blacker, the Fourth District published its opinion in Goldwire v. State, 73 So. 
3d 844 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011), which is consistent with Yegge.  We initially 
accepted jurisdiction based on the certified conflict with Blacker and received 
briefs on the merits.  See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.   
 
 
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Subsequent to the completion of merits briefing, Yegge filed a “Notice of 
Mootness and Request to Review Under Great Public Importance and Capable of 
Repetition Yet Evading Review Exception,” explaining that Yegge was scheduled 
to be released from prison after completing his sentence and that the controversy is 
now moot as it applies to Yegge.  Yegge, however, urges us to retain jurisdiction 
despite mootness as to him. 
Upon further consideration, we have now determined that because there is 
no conflict between Yegge and Goldwire—a decision of the Fourth District 
subsequent to Blacker—and also because the case is moot, we exercise our 
discretion and discharge jurisdiction.  Accordingly, this review proceeding is 
hereby dismissed.   
It is so ordered.  
LABARGA, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, CANADY, POLSTON, 
and PERRY, JJ., concur. 
 
NO MOTION FOR REHEARING WILL BE ALLOWED. 
 
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - Certified 
Direct Conflict of Decisions 
 
 
Second District - Case No. 2D12-4193 
 
 
(Pinellas County) 
 
Howard L. Dimmig, II, Public Defender, and Alisa Smith, Assistant Public 
Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
 
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Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida; John M. Klawikofsky, 
Bureau Chief, and Bilal Ahmed Faruqui, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, 
Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent