Blanchard St. Val v. State Of Florida

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Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC07-1402 ____________ BLANCHARD ST. VAL, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. [May 8, 2008] PER CURIAM. We initially accepted review of this case, St. Val v. State, 958 So. 2d 1146 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007), on the basis of certified direct conflict with K.Y.L. v. State, 685 So. 2d 1380 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997). See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. However, upon reflection and further consideration we have determined that we should exercise our discretion to discharge jurisdiction in this cause. Accordingly, jurisdiction is discharged and this review proceeding is hereby dismissed. It is so ordered. LEWIS, C.J., and WELLS, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, QUINCE, CANTERO, and BELL, JJ., concur. NO MOTION FOR REHEARING WILL BE ALLOWED. Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - Certified Direct Conflict of Decisions Fourth District - Case No. 4D06-553 (Palm Beach County) Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Patrick B. Burke, Assistant Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, Florida, for Petitioner Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida; and Celia A. Terenzio, Assistant Attorney General, Bureau Chief, and Heidi L. Bettendorf, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, Florida, for Respondent -2-

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