State v. Smiley

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Robert Lee SMILEY, Jr., Respondent.

Decided June 1, 2006.

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently May 2018

3 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“DOES SECTION 776.013, FLORIDA STATUTES (2005), APPLY TO CASES PENDING AT THE TIME THE STATUTE BECAME EFFECTIVE?”

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 2006-06-01

¶1Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melanie Dale Surber, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

¶2Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for respondent.

*1028On Motion for Rehearing

¶4WARNER, J.

¶5We deny rehearing but grant respondent's motion to certify the issue as one of great public importance.

DOES SECTION 776.013, FLORIDA STATUTES (2005), APPLY TO CASES PENDING AT THE TIME THE STATUTE BECAME EFFECTIVE?

¶6FARMER and KLEIN, JJ., concur.