Bertke v. State

999 So.2d 1061 (2009)

Richard Arthur BERTKE, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. SC07-1178.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 15, 2009.

Richard Arthur Bertke, pro se, Lowell, FL, for Petitioner.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, and Kristen L. Davenport, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, FL, for Respondent.

LEWIS, J.

We have for review Bertke v. State, 949 So.2d 1118 (Fla. 5th DCA 2007), in which the Fifth District Court of Appeal expressly relied upon the Third District Court of Appeal's decision in Martinez v. State, 933 So.2d 1155 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006), approved,…