Legal Opinion

Searles v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided September 30, 2004No. SC02-1254PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

We have for review the decision in Searles v. State, 816 So.2d 793 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002), which expressly and directly conflicts with this Court’s decision in Cardenas v. State, 867 So.2d 384 (Fla.2004), on the harmless error analysis to be applied in DUI cases in which an instruction on the statutory presumption of impairment is given in error. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. We accept this ease for review, quash the decision of the Second District Court of Appeal, and -remand for reconsideration in light of our opinion in Cardenas.

It is so ordered.

PARIENTE, C.J., and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Cardenas v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2004
  2. Searles v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Hodges v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2004

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