State of Florida v. Cardell Adams

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Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC00-18 ____________ STATE OF FLORIDA, Petitioner, vs. CARDELL ADAMS, Respondent. [May 17, 2001] LEWIS, J. We have for review Adams v. State, 750 So. 2d 659 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. We vacate the decision of the district court below 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 Statutory Validity Fourth District - Case No. 4D98-3338 (Broward County) Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Celia Terenzio, Assistant Attorney General, Bureau Chief, and Georgina Jimenez-Orosa, West Palm Beach, Florida, for Petitioner Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Anthony Calvello, Assistant Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, Florida, for Respondent -2-

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