SC07-1868 – James Russell Ward v. State of Florida

State: Florida

Docket No: SC07-1868

Case Date: 03/19/2009

Preview:Supreme Court of Florida
____________ No. SC07-1868 ____________ JAMES RUSSELL WARD, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. [March 19, 2009] PER CURIAM. We have for review Ward v. State, 965 So. 2d 308 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007), in which the Third District Court of Appeal affirmed the admissibility of a Department of Corrections release-date letter as a permissible means of establishing the defendant's status as a prison-releasee reoffender. See id. at 309-11. In the process, the Third District relied upon the reasoning and rule of law articulated in Yisrael v. State, 938 So. 2d 546 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006) (en banc), disapproved in part, 993 So. 2d 952 (Fla. 2008), and certified a question of great public importance. See Ward, 965 So. 2d at 309-11. We have jurisdiction. See art. V,

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