MacIas v. State

On Remand from the Supreme Court of Florida

This case is returned to us on remand from the Supreme Court of Florida, Macias v. State, 3 So.3d 1190 (2009). The Supreme Court quashed our decision and remanded the case for “reconsideration upon review of the record and application of [the] Court’s decision in Saintelien.” Id.

We have reviewed Saintelien v. State, 990 So.2d 494 (Fla.2008). There, the supreme court quashed our decision that held that a rule 3.800 motion was not the proper vehicle for reviewing a defendant’s designation as a sexual predator. The supreme court reached the opposite…