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786 So. 2d 1168

786 So.2d 1168

26 Fla.L.WeeklySupp. 358

State v. Melton

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided May 17, 2001

Supreme Court of Florida · decided 2001-05-17

Relies on Grant v. State · State v. Cotton · Ellis v. State

Decided 2001-05-17

LEWIS, J.

¶1We have for review Melton v. State, 746 So.2d 1188 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 8(b)(3), Fla. Const.

¶2We partially quash the decision of the district court below only as it relates to the petitioner’s sentencing under the Prison Releasee Reoffender Act, 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). We approve the determination of the Fourth District with regard to the appellant’s conviction for committing a lewd, lascivious, or indecent act upon a child under the age of sixteen.

¶3It is so ordered.

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