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3rd DCA ROUNDUP - CIVIL PROCEDURE EDITION

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

For perhaps the first and last time, we discuss an issue of civil (yuck) procedure.Murray v. State. For all you civil commitment mavens out there be warned: to preserve a sufficiency of evidence argument on appeal not only must you make a timely motion for a directed verdict, but to preserve the issue you must also make a post verdict motion for entry of a judgment in accordance with the motion for directed verdict. Fla. R. Civ. Proc. 1.480(b). (This is the first and last time you will see us cite to a rule of civil procedure. Query: What should a defense attorney be allowed to argue in closing? Well for starters, anything the jury is instructed on. Duh!.Serge Jean v. State. Judge Areces catches a reversal for limiting the closing argument of the defense attorney...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on February 18, 2010 (boomark / email).