Supreme Court of Florida, 2003

Downs v. State

Downs v. State
Supreme Court of Florida · Decided August 21, 2003 · Anstead, Bell, Cantero, Lewis, Pariente, Quince, Wells
853 So. 2d 396; 28 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 657; 2003 Fla. LEXIS 1405; 2003 WL 21981986 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Downs v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We have for review a decision of the Second District Court of Appeal, in which the court certified as a question of great public importance the same question certified by that court and answered in Burgess v. State, 831 So.2d 137 (Fla. 2002). See Downs v. State, 768 So.2d 1149 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000). We have jurisdiction. See Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. We accept jurisdiction in this case, quash the decision of the Second District, and remand for reconsideration in light of our decision in Burgess.

It is so ordered.

ANSTEAD, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, and QUINCE, JJ., concur. CANTERO, J., dissents with an opinion, in which WELLS and BELL, JJ., concur.

Dissenting Opinion

CANTERO, J.,

dissenting.

I would decline to exercise jurisdiction. The argument that petitioner presented, in response to this Court’s order directing him to show cause why our decision in Burgess v. State, 831 So.2d 137 (Fla. 2002), should not control the outcome of this case and why the Court should not decline to exercise jurisdiction in this case, was never presented to either the trial court or the Second District. Therefore, I would decline to exercise jurisdiction.

WELLS and BELL, JJ., concur.

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