State of Florida v. Alex Diaz de la Portilla

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC14-1625 ____________ STATE OF FLORIDA, Petitioner, vs. ALEX DIAZ DE LA PORTILLA, Respondent. [November 5, 2015] LEWIS, J. This case is before the Court for review of the decision of the First District Court of Appeal in Diaz de la Portilla v. State,

142 So. 3d 928

(Fla. 1st DCA 2014). In its decision the district court ruled upon the following question, which the court certified to be of great public importance: Whether a party who is ordered by a trial court to appear at a scheduled hearing, but fails to do so, may be found in direct criminal…