PABLO DIAZ
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 3d DCA | 2025-10-08
No. 2025-0457
Areces, J., Emas, J., Miller, J., Lobree, J.
2025 FL 8779 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2025)

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Holding

A change in law established by Erlinger v. United States does not apply retroactively to cases that were final when the decision was rendered.


Headnotes

[1] A change in law does not apply retroactively to cases that were final when the change was decided.

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Pablo Diaz appealed a judgment from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County. The appeal involved the retroactive application of a recent legal change.…

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Opinion of the Court
Lobree

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed October 8, 2025. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D25-0457 Lower Tribunal No. F03-16995 ________________

Pablo Diaz, Appellant,

vs.

State of Florida, Appellee.

An Appeal under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Ramiro C. Areces, Judge.

Law Office of Daniel J. Tibbitt, P.A., and Daniel J. Tibbitt, for appellant.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, for appellee.

Before EMAS, MILLER and LOBREE, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Wainwright v. State, 411 So. 3d 392, 399 (Fla. 2025)

Footnotes
2 (holding that, even if Erlinger v. United States, 602 U.S. 821 (2024), constitutes a change in law, it does not apply retroactively to cases that were final when it was decided); Arias v. State, 413 So. 3d 999 (Fla. 3d DCA 2025).

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