Warren Staples v. State of Florida

Warren Staples seeks review of the decision of the Fifth District Court of Appeal *30in Staples v. State, 161 So.3d 561 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014), on the ground that it expressly and directly conflicts with decisions' of the First, Second, and Fourth District Courts of Appeal in Bennett v. State, 684 So.2d 242 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996), Bell v. State, 643 So.2d 674 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994), and Diaz v. State, 629 So.2d 261 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993), on a question of law. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. For the reasons that follow, we approve the Fifth District’s holding in the instant case and…