Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-02-09 16:04:31.971355+00
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FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                STATE OF FLORIDA
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                        No. 1D2023-3326
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IN RE: JANE DOE 23-B,

    Appellant.

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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County.
Lance Eric Neff, Judge.

                        February 8, 2024

   ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR REHEARING EN BANC AND
   CERTIFYING QUESTIONS OF GREAT PUBLIC IMPORTANCE

    The Court has denied the motion for rehearing en banc
docketed January 12, 2024.

    On our own motion, we certify the following questions of great
public importance to the Florida Supreme Court:

    MAY A DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL EXERCISE APPELLATE
    JURISDICTION OVER A TRIAL COURT’S RULING DENYING A
    JUDICIAL WAIVER UNDER SECTION 390.01114(6)(B)2.,
    FLORIDA STATUTES, IN THE ABSENCE OF AN ADVERSE
    PARTY IN THE APPEAL?

    IF A DISTRICT COURT DISMISSES AN APPEAL FROM A TRIAL
    COURT’S ORDER DENYING A JUDICIAL WAIVER WITHIN THE
    SEVEN DAYS REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 390.01114(6)(B)2.,
    FLORIDA STATUTES, BUT DOES NOT RENDER A DECISION
    WITHIN SEVEN DAYS AS PROVIDED UNDER FLORIDA RULE OF
    APPELLATE PROCEDURE 9.147(D), MUST THE DISTRICT
    COURT OF APPEAL REVERSE THE TRIAL COURT’S RULING,
    EVEN THOUGH TWO JUDGES HAVE NOT CONCURRED IN THE
    DECISION AS REQUIRED BY ARTICLE V, SECTION 4(A) OF
    THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION?

    QUESTION CERTIFIED.

B.L. THOMAS, ROWE, and WINOKUR, JJ., concur.

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Candice K. Brower, Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel,
and Ronald Newlin, Assistant Regional Conflict Counsel,
Tallahassee, for Appellant.

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