Floyd Clements v. State of Florida

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Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC96670 ____________ FLOYD CLEMENTS, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. [March 29, 2001] PER CURIAM. This Court initially accepted review of the decision of the district court of appeal in Clements v. State, 742 So. 2d 338 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999), on the basis of express and direct conflict with Thornton v. State, 585 So. 2d 1189 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991), and Pritchett v. State, 566 So. 2d 6 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990). Upon further consideration, we determine that jurisdiction was improvidently granted. Accordingly, this review proceeding is dismissed. It is so ordered. WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, LEWIS and QUINCE, JJ., concur. ANSTEAD and PARIENTE, JJ., dissent. NO MOTION FOR REHEARING WILL BE ALLOWED. Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal Direct Conflict Fifth District - Case No. 5D98-963 (Brevard County) Joe M. Mitchell, Jr., Melbourne, Florida, for Petitioner Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Rebecca Roark Wall, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, Florida, for Respondent James T. Miller, Jacksonville, Florida, for The Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers 2

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