Cortez v. State

We initially accepted for review State v. Cortez, 705 So.2d 676 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998), based on alleged express and direct conflict with the opinions in D.L.B. v. State, 685 So.2d 1340 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996), K.R.R. v. State, 629 So.2d 1068 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994), Freeman v. State, 617 So.2d 432 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993), G.E.C. v. State, 586 So.2d 1338 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991), Lucien v. State, 557 So.2d 918 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990), T.L.F. v. State, 536 So.2d 371 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988), and Springfield v. State, 481 So.2d 975 (Fla. 4th DCA 1986). Upon closer examination, we find that jurisdiction was improvidently…