State of Florida, Department of etc. v. Adam T. Guerrieri

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: March 7, 2016
• Docket: 15-1835
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA

STATE OF FLORIDA, NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO DEPARTMENT OF FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND HIGHWAY SAFETY AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED MOTOR VEHICLES, CASE NO. 1D15-1835 Petitioner,

v.

ADAM T. GUERRIERI,

Respondent.

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Opinion filed March 8, 2016.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari – Original Jurisdiction.

Stephen D. Hurm, General Counsel, and Jason Helfant, Senior Assistant General Counsel, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.

L. Lee Lockett of Stone Lockett, P.A., Jacksonville, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles petitions this Court

to quash an order of the circuit court, which overturned a hearing officer’s order

upholding the suspension of Respondent’s driver’s license. We find that the circuit

court applied the incorrect law when it improperly reweighed the evidence concerning whether Respondent was in actual physical control of a motor vehicle.

See State, Dep’t of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles v. Kamau, 174 So. 3d 1054,

1054 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015) (citing Dep’t of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles v.

Lanning, 156 So. 3d 533, 533 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015)). We, therefore, grant the

petition and quash the circuit court’s order, and remand with direction that the

circuit court follow the correct law.

LEWIS, SWANSON, and WINOKUR, JJ., CONCUR.