Wright v. State

Decision Date02 September 1992
Docket Number91-2790,Nos. 91-2771,s. 91-2771
Citation604 So.2d 1248
PartiesDaniel WRIGHT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. 604 So.2d 1248, 17 Fla. L. Week. D2052
CourtFlorida District Court of Appeals

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Georgina Jimenez-Orosa, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

This is a consolidated appeal from a denial of a 3.850 motion for post conviction relief and a petition for writ of habeas corpus. The underlying issue concerns a per curiam affirmed opinion on this appellant's original appeal from a denial of defense objections to the state's challenging all black venire persons (based on State v. Slappy, 522 So.2d 18 (Fla.), cert. denied, 487 U.S. 1219, 108 S.Ct. 2873, 101 L.Ed.2d 909 (1988) grounds) and a reversal on a later appeal by a different panel of this court on the co defendant's objections on the exact same grounds (Owen v. State, 575 So.2d 793 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991)).

Thus, we have the anomalous position of defendant "A" getting a new trial from one panel of this court for the very same reason that this defendant was denied relief by a different panel. This court has previously ruled, en banc, that such diametrically opposite results are "manifestly unjust, unfair and confounds our search for uniformity." Bourgault v. State, 515 So.2d 1287 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987). The only other district that has ruled on this subject agreed with this finding. Joseph v. State, 447 So.2d 243 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983), rev. denied, 447 So.2d 888 (Fla.1984).

Following the procedure approved in Bourgault, we reverse the trial court's denial of appellant's motion for relief under rule 3.850. We further instruct the trial court, upon application by appellant, to vacate his conviction and sentence, and afford him a new trial.

The matter is reversed and remanded for a new trial.

DOWNEY and POLEN, JJ., and FEDER, RICHARD Y., Associate Judge, concur.

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  • Fannin v. State, 2D97-250.
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • February 4, 2000
    ...after erroneous affirmance on direct appeal in which court incorrectly rejected same point without discussion); Wright v. State, 604 So.2d 1248, 1249 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992) (reversing denial of motion for postconviction relief after previous per curiam affirmance of Wright's case on direct app......
  • Benedit v. State, 92-1329
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • December 22, 1992
    ...Joseph v. State, 447 So.2d 243, 246-47 (Fla. 3d DCA1983) (en banc), rev. denied, 447 So.2d 888 (Fla.1983); accord Wright v. State, 604 So.2d 1248 (Fla. 4th DCA1992); Bourgault v. State, 515 So.2d 1287 (Fla. 4th DCA1987) (en The final order under review is reversed, and the cause is remanded......
  • Soland v. State, 92-2785
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • November 18, 1992
    ...with instructions to the trial court to vacate appellant's conviction and sentence and afford him a new trial. See Wright v. State, 604 So.2d 1248 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992). GLICKSTEIN, C.J., and ANSTEAD and POLEN, JJ., ...

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