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Carlos Martinez Misses Celebration After Florida Supreme Court Win

It was one of the two big court decisions of the year for Miami-Dade Public Defender Carlos Martinez, but he wasn't in town to celebrate.

Instead, he was on a vacation cruise.

"I joked at the office — you watch, it's going to be when I'm out of town on a boat in the middle of the Caribbean," he said Thursday after the Florida Supreme Court ruled his assistants could reject additional criminal cases when they're swamped.

Martinez, who had been anxiously awaiting the opinion since March, spoke to the Daily Business Review via Skype, which his office also uses to save time on police depositions and jailhouse interviews.

He chuckled at the timing of the opinion. "It's [as] just life would have it," he said.

In March, the U.S. Supreme Court handed Martinez's office another victory when it ruled police dogs cannot sniff for drugs from the front porch of a home without a search warrant.

Hurricanes' Dyron Dye May Be Interviewed Again Over UM Athletics Department Scandal

The NCAA investigation into the University of Miami athletic department has been quiet lately, but the drama is about to ramp up again.

Sources tell the Daily Business Review that NCAA investigators plan to summon Hurricanes defensive end Dyron Dye for a third interview about alleged improper benefits he took from convicted Ponzi schemer Nevin Shapiro during his recruitment. The interview has not been scheduled but is expected in the coming days.

Sources say Dye initially met with the NCAA in August 2011, the same month Yahoo Sports reporter Charles Robinson shook the college sports world with a report detailing Shapiro's involvement with UM athletes. Dye was asked to return for a second chat to discuss inconsistencies in his statements. The football player has since signed an affidavit claiming NCAA investigators intimidated and coerced him into testifying against the university.

Dye retained Wolfe Law Miami attorney Darren A. Heitner to represent him. Heitner declined to comment Friday.

The upcoming interview could result in another suspension for Dye, who is recovering from an Achilles injury, or additional embarrassment for the NCAA if it's determined investigators strong-armed Dye into testifying. Dye was suspended for the first four games of the 2011 season for accepting benefits from Shapiro.