McBride v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
McBride v. State, 885 So. 2d 337 (Fla. 2004)
29 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 549; 2004 Fla. LEXIS 1550; 2004 WL 2192222
Anstead, Bell, Cantero, Lewis, Pariente, Quince, Wells

McBride v. State

Dissenting Opinion

WELLS, J.,

dissenting.

I dissent for the reasons stated in Cardenas v. State, 867 So.2d 384, 397-98 (Fla. 2004) (Wells, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part).

QUINCE, J., concurs.

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We have for review McBride v. State, 816 So.2d 656 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002), which *338expressly and directly conflicts with this Court’s decision in Cardenas v. State, 867 So.2d 384 (Fla. 2004) on the harmless error analysis to be applied in DUI cases in which an instruction on the statutory presumption of impairment is given in error. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. We accept this case for review, quash the decision of the Second District Court of Appeal, and remand for reconsideration in light of our opinion in Cardenas.

It is so ordered.

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

Reference

Full Case Name
Joseph McBRIDE v. STATE of Florida
Status
Published