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3rd DCA ROUNDUP

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

Chief Judge runoff- February 12th, high noon. Judge Ivan Fernandez versus Judge Joel Brown. Details of the vote were faxed seperately to Rumpole last evening by judges Miller and Dennis-Espinosa. If it's after Wednesday, and we don't have anything else to do then it's time for 3RD DCA ROUNDUP!!!!In Martinez v. State, what is notable is what is absent in the opinion. A defendant filed a post conviction relief motion in January 2005. Nothing happened.  In October 2008, the Defendant filed a petition for a writ of mandamus. The prosecution responded that the judge was ordering the transcript and reviewing the case.  Nothing has since happened. Even the 3rd DCA  Judges have a limit to their patience: We ordered a supplemental response,which now informs us that the judge was transferred out of the criminal division onJanuary 9, 2009...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on February 06, 2009 (boomark / email).