5D11-969 Abraham Martinez v. State

State: Florida

Court: Florida Fifth District Court

Docket No: 5D11-969

Case Date: 08/08/2011

Preview:IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT JULY TERM2011

ABRAHAM DE PINILLO MARTINEZ, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. ________________________________/ Opinion filed August 12, 2011 3.850 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Brevard County, Robert T. Burger, Judge. Ricardo Corona and Juan C. Freire of The Corona Law Firm, Miami, for Appellant No Appearance for Respondent Case No. 5D11-969

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING AND WRITTEN OPINION PER CURIAM. We deny Appellant's motion for rehearing, but withdraw our previous per curiam opinion dated June 14, 2011, and substitute the following opinion in its place. AFFIRMED. See Santiago v. State, 36 Fla. L. Weekly D1426 (Fla. 5th DCA July 1, 2011); see also Hernandez v. State, 61 So. 3d 1144, 1151 (Fla. 3d DCA 2011) (holding, inter alia, that the decision in Padilla v. Kentucky, --- U.S. ----, 130 S. Ct. 1473,

176 L. Ed. 2d 284 (2010), should not be applied retroactively, while certifying the question as one of great public importance); accord Barrios-Cruz v. State, 63 So. 3d 868 (Fla. 2d DCA 2011). We join the Second and Third District in certifying the

following question as a question of great public importance:
SHOULD THE RULING IN PADILLA V. KENTUCKY, --- U.S. ----, 130 S. Ct. 1473, 176 L. Ed. 2d 284 (2010), BE APPLIED RETROACTIVELY IN POSTCONVICTION PROCEEDINGS?

SAWAYA, TORPY, COHEN, JJ., concur.

2

Download 5D11-969 Abraham Martinez v. State.pdf