KINSLER v. STATE, 789 So.2d 971 (Fla. 2001)

JAMES KINSLER, Petitioner, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent.

No. SC00-161Supreme Court of Florida.
Opinion filed July 5, 2001.

Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal — Statutory

Page 972

Validity Second District — Case No. 2D99-00073 (Pinellas County).

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Robert D. Rosen, Assistant Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, Florida, for Petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Robert J. Krauss, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Chief of Criminal Law, and Helene S. Parnes, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, Florida, for Respondent.

LEWIS, J.

We have for review Kinsler v. State, 748 So.2d 273 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.

We vacate the decision of the district court and remand for reconsideration upon application of our decisions in Grant v. State, 770 So.2d 655 (Fla. 2000); State v. Cotton, 769 So.2d 345 (Fla. 2000);McKnight v. State, 769 So.2d 1039 (Fla. 2000); and Ellis v. State, 762 So.2d 912 (Fla. 2000).

It is so ordered.

WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, and PARIENTE, JJ., concur.

QUINCE, J., dissents.

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