ST. CHARLES V. STATE

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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida, July Term, A.D. 2013 Opinion filed December 18, 2013. ________________ No. 3D11-2299 Lower Tribunal No. 11-61-A-K ________________ Charlain St. Charles, Appellant, vs. The State of Florida, Appellee. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Monroe County, Mark H. Jones, Judge. Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Marti Rothenberg, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Jay E. Silver, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. Before SHEPHERD, C.J., and SUAREZ and FERNANDEZ, JJ. SUAREZ, J. On Motion for Rehearing Charlain St. Charles moves for a rehearing and written opinion clarifying the panel s July 24, 2013, opinion affirming the judgment below. We deny the motion. See Burrell v. Bd. of Trs. of Ga. Military Coll., 125 F.3d 1390, 1395 (11th Cir. 1997) (providing that trial judges are presumed to know the law and to apply it in making their decisions); State v. Chaney, 825 A.2d 452 (Md. 2003) (holding that trial judges are presumed to know and properly apply the law). Rehearing denied. 2

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