SC07-20 – Samuel Newby v. State of Florida

State: Florida

Docket No: sc07-20

Case Date: 03/19/2009

Plaintiff: SC07-20 – Samuel Newby

Defendant: State of Florida

Preview:Supreme Court of Florida
No. SC07-20
SAMUEL NEWBY,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[March 19, 2009]
PER CURIAM.
We have for review Newby v. State, 945 So. 2d 636 (Fla. 4th DCA
2006), in which the Fourth District Court of Appeal relied upon its decision
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 conflict with
the First District Court of Appeal’s decision in Gray v. State, 910 So. 2d 867
(Fla. 1st DCA 2005).  We have jurisdiction.   See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla.
Const.
We stayed proceedings in this case pending our disposition of Yisrael,
in which we:   (1) approved the decision of the First District in Gray, and (2)

disapproved the reasoning and rule of law articulated by the Fourth District
in its underlying decision, but ultimately approved the result reached by that
court on other grounds.  See Yisrael v. State, 993 So. 2d 952, 960-61 (Fla.
2008).   We then issued an order directing the State to show cause why we
should not exercise jurisdiction, summarily quash the decision under review,
and remand for reconsideration in light of our decision in Yisrael.  The State
concedes that it cannot show such cause, and petitioner Newby agrees.
Accordingly, we grant the petition for review, quash, and remand to
the Fourth District Court of Appeal for reconsideration upon application of
our decision in Yisrael.
It is so ordered.
QUINCE, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, CANADY, and POLSTON, JJ., concur.
LABARGA, J., recused.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION, AND
IF FILED, DETERMINED.
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - Certified
Direct Conflict of Decisions
Fourth District - Case No. 4D05-3555
(Palm Beach County)
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Richard B. Greene, Assistant Public
Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, Florida,
for Petitioner
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Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, and Jeanine M.
Germanowicz, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, Florida,
for Respondent
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