Delorean Feaster v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledAugust 21, 2020
Docket2D17-3612
StatusPublished
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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING
MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
DELOREAN FEASTER, )
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Appellant, )
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v. ) Case No. 2D17-3612
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STATE OF FLORIDA, )
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Appellee. )
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Opinion filed August 21, 2020.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Pinellas
County; Pat Siracusa, Judge.
Howard L. Dimmig, II, Public Defender,
and Rocco J. Carbone, III, Special
Assistant Public Defender, Bartow; and
Steven L. Bolotin, Assistant Public
Defender, Bartow (substituted as counsel
of record), for Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General,
Tallahassee, and Jonathan P. Hurley,
Assistant Attorney General, Tampa; and
Cynthia Richards, Assistant Attorney
General, Tampa (substituted as counsel
of record), for Appellee.
ON REMAND FROM THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT
PER CURIAM.
This matter is before us on remand from the Florida Supreme Court for
reconsideration based on its decision in Love v. State, 286 So. 3d 177 (Fla. 2019).
Delorean Feaster was convicted of aggravated battery, ยง 784.045(1)(a), Fla. Stat.
(2015), following a jury trial and sentenced to sixty-two months in prison. Prior to trial,
Mr. Feaster filed a motion to dismiss the information charging him with aggravated
battery based on section 776.032, Florida Statutes (2015), Florida's "Stand Your
Ground" law. After an evidentiary hearing, the trial court denied the motion after
applying the statutory burden of proof in effect at that time. Mr. Feaster appealed, and
this court reversed Mr. Feaster's judgment and sentence and remanded for a new
immunity hearing under the amended Stand Your Ground law in light of our holding in
Martin v. State, 43 Fla. L. Weekly D1016, D1018 (Fla. 2d DCA May 4, 2018),
disapproved of by Love, 286 So. 3d at 190. On remand, we now conclude that Mr.
Feaster is not entitled to a new immunity hearing because his immunity hearing
occurred before the amended statute's effective date. See Love, 286 So. 3d at 188
("[Section 776.032(4)] applies to those immunity hearings, including in pending cases,
that take place on or after the statute's effective date."). Accordingly, we affirm Mr.
Feaster's judgment and sentence.
Affirmed.
VILLANTI, LUCAS, and ROTHSTEIN-YOUAKIM, JJ., Concur.
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