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IT'S UP TO TOBIN, BUT DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH

By JAABLOG

We just spoke the the Supreme Court Clerk's Office.An order has been issued in Loureiro.The Agreed Motion To Vacate has been granted, with a twist.Here's the Order:"The "AGREED MOTION TO AMEND MARCH 31, 2009 RELINQUISHMENT ORDER TO RELINQUISH JURISDICTION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (BROWARD COUNTY) SO THAT AN AGREED MOTION TO VACATE THE SENTENCE AND CONVICTION CAN BE FILED AND A NEW TRIAL ORDERED" is hereby granted and we issue the following revised order in place of the order dated March 31, 2009.  We hereby relinquish jurisdiction to the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County, Florida and appoint the Honorable Victor Tobin, Chief Judge to consider the Motion to Vacate the Conviction and the Sentence of Omar Loureiro and Order of New Trial and we hereby relieve the Honorable Lucy Chernow Brown, Circuit Judge, of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida from any further relinquishment responsibility...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on May 19, 2009 (boomark / email).