VERNSON EDWARD DORTCH v. STATE OF FLORIDA

District Court of Appeal of Florida

VERNSON EDWARD DORTCH v. STATE OF FLORIDA

District Court of Appeal of Florida·Decided June 30, 2021·No. 16-2815·Published

Opinion

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT

VERNSON EDWARD DORTCH,

Appellant,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee.

Nos. 4D16-2815 and 4D16-2816 [June 30, 2021]

Consolidated appeals from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Okeechobee County; Dan L. Vaughn, Judge; L.T. Case Nos. 472015CF000526A and 472016CF000140A.

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Benjamin Eisenberg, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Joseph D. Coronato, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA PER CURIAM.

On May 20, 2021, the Supreme Court of Florida quashed our en banc opinion in Dortch v. State, 242 So. 3d 431 (Fla. 4th DCA 2018), and remanded the case with instructions. State v. Dortch, No. SC18-681, 2021 WL 2006565, at *9 (Fla. May 20, 2021). In accordance with the supreme court’s decision and instructions, we affirm the defendant’s convictions and sentences.

Affirmed. GROSS, MAY and FORST, JJ., concur.

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No motion for rehearing will be accepted.

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