State of Florida v. Freddrick Brooks

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Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC00-1130 ____________ STATE OF FLORIDA, Petitioner, vs. FREDDRICK BROOKS, Respondent. [July 12, 2001] LEWIS, J. We have for review Brooks v. State, 764 So. 2d 648 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, ยง 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. We vacate the decision of the district court and remand for reconsideration upon application of our decisions in Grant v. State, 770 So. 2d 655 (Fla. 2000); State v. Cotton, 769 So. 2d 345 (Fla. 2000); McKnight v. State, 769 So. 2d 1039 (Fla. 2000); and Ellis v. State, 762 So. 2d 912 (Fla. 2000). It is so ordered. WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, and PARIENTE, JJ., concur. QUINCE, J., dissents. 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 Certified Direct Conflict Fourth District - Case No. 4D99-1017 (Broward County) Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Celia Terenzio, Bureau Chief, West Palm Beach, and August A. Bonavita, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, Florida, for Petitioner Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Allen J. DeWeese, Assistant Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, Florida, for Respondent -2-

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