State of Florida v. James A. Williams

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Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC96490 ____________ STATE OF FLORIDA, Petitioner, vs. JAMES A. WILLIAMS, Respondent. [September 28, 2000] WELLS, C.J. We have for review Williams v. State, 739 So. 2d 667 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999), a decision of the Fifth District Court of Appeal quashing a lower court s order on the authority of its opinion in Norris v. State, 737 So. 2d 1240 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.; Jollie v. State, 405 So. 2d 418, 420 (Fla. 1981). Recently we approved the Fifth District s decision to quash the administrative order under review. See State v. Norris, SC96401 (Fla. Sept. 28, 2000). For the reasons we expressed in Norris, we approve the decision under review. It is so ordered. SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, LEWIS and QUINCE, 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 Direct Conflict Fifth District - Case No. 5D99-1629 Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Belle B. Schumann, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, Florida, for Petitioner Howard H. Babb, Public Defender, and Elizabeth Osmond, Assistant Public Defender, Fifth Judicial Circuit, Brooksville, Florida, for Respondent -2-

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