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A forum where criminal justice professionals, teachers, and students can read and discuss recent criminal law decisions from Florida's appellate courts.
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Benjamin GIPSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 4D06-4635
Posted on January 07, 2009District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District. Benjamin GIPSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 4D06-4635. Jan. 7, 2009. Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Jeffrey R. Levenson, Judge; L...
Willard BRYANT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 3D07-1282
Posted on January 07, 2009District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District. Willard BRYANT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 3D07-1282. Jan. 7, 2009. An Appeal under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Miami-DadeCounty, David H...
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District. Ernesto BEHRENS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 4D08-3291
Posted on January 07, 2009District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District. Ernesto BEHRENS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 4D08-3291. Jan. 7, 2009. Appeal of order denying rule 3.850 motion from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Andrew L...
STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant, v. AMANDA BUTLER, Appellee. CASE NO. 1D07-4454
Posted on December 31, 2008STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant, v. AMANDA BUTLER, Appellee. CASE NO. 1D07-4454 District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District. Opinion filed December 31, 2008. An appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County. Hugh A. Carithers, Judge. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Bryan Jordan and Meredith Charbula, Assistant Attorneys General, Tallahassee, for Appellant...
STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant, v. ANDREW FRANK HAUBRICK and JUSTIN B. MILLIANS, Appellees. CASE NO. 1D07-6283
Posted on December 31, 2008STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant, v. ANDREW FRANK HAUBRICK and JUSTIN B. MILLIANS, Appellees. CASE NO. 1D07-6283 District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District. Opinion filed December 31, 2008. An appeal from the Circuit Court for Wakulla County. N...
ROBERT L. BURROUGHS, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. CASE NO. 1D07-6161
Posted on December 31, 2008ROBERT L. BURROUGHS, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. CASE NO. 1D07-6161 District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District. Opinion filed December 31, 2008. An appeal from the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County. Gary Bergosh, Judge. Nancy A...
Eric M. Hoffman, Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee. No. 3D06-2977 Consolidated: 3D06-2696
Posted on December 31, 2008Eric M. Hoffman, Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee. No. 3D06-2977 Consolidated: 3D06-2696 District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District. Opinion filed December 31, 2008. An Appeal under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Monroe County, Wayne M...
Gary Merrell, Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee. No. 3D07-1865
Posted on December 31, 2008District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District. Gary Merrell, Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee. No. 3D07-1865 Opinion filed December 31, 2008. An Appeal under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Dennis J...
Gelin Vadine, Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee. No. 3D07-1877
Posted on December 31, 2008District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District. Gelin Vadine, Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee. No. 3D07-1877 Opinion filed December 31, 2008. An appeal conducted pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Cristina Pereyra-Shuminer, Judge...
E.J., Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee. No. 3D07-2877
Posted on December 31, 2008District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District. E.J., Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee. No. 3D07-2877 Opinion filed December 31, 2008. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, William Johnson, Judge. Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Gwendolyn Powell Braswell, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant...
E.P., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee. No. 3D07-2879
Posted on December 31, 2008District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District. E.P., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee. No. 3D07-2879 Opinion filed December 31, 2008. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, William Johnson, Judge. Bennett H...
Joseph Carter, Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee. No. 3D08-783
Posted on December 31, 2008District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District. Joseph Carter, Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee. No. 3D08-783 Opinion filed December 31, 2008. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Israel Reyes, Judge. Joseph Carter, in proper person...
Lathio Jenkins, Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee. No. 3D08-2482
Posted on December 31, 2008Lathio Jenkins, Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee. No. 3D08-2482 District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District. Opinion filed December 31, 2008. An Appeal under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Alan R...
District Court of Appeal of Florida,
Posted on December 24, 2008District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District. Alvin McPhearson, Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee. No. 3D07-2710 Opinion filed December 24, 2008. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Reemberto Diaz, Judge. Bennett H...
JAMES J. JACKSON, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. Case No. 5D07-2634
Posted on December 24, 2008JAMES J. JACKSON, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. Case No. 5D07-2634 District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District. Opinion filed December 24, 2008 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County,Bob Leblanc, Judge. James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Susan A...
STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant, v. ERIC FULMORE, Appellee. No. 4D07-4678
Posted on December 24, 2008STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant, v. ERIC FULMORE, Appellee. No. 4D07-4678 District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District. [ December 24, 2008] Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Marc H. Gold, Judge; L...
ALEXIE IBARRONDO, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. Case No. 5D08-813
Posted on December 24, 2008ALEXIE IBARRONDO, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. Case No. 5D08-813 District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District. Opinion filed December 24, 2008 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Osceola County,Jeffords D. Miller, Judge. Adam H...
MICHAEL GROSSO, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. No. 4D07-4718
Posted on December 24, 2008MICHAEL GROSSO, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. No. 4D07-4718 District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District. [ December 24, 2008 ] Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Michael L. Gates, Judge; L...
Felipe De La Hoz, Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee. No. 3D06-466
Posted on December 24, 2008District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District. Felipe De La Hoz, Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee. No. 3D06-466 Opinion filed December 24, 2008. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Bertila Soto, Judge. Bennett H...
ERVIN T. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. Case No. 5D08-1559
Posted on December 24, 2008ERVIN T. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. Case No. 5D08-1559 District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District. Opinion filed December 24, 2008 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County,Lawrence Kirkwood, Judge. James S...
CLARENCE BRIAN LEBLANC, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. Case No. 5D08-3135
Posted on December 24, 2008CLARENCE BRIAN LEBLANC, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. Case No. 5D08-3135 District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District. Opinion filed December 24, 2008 3.850 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hernando County,Stephen Rushing, Judge...
MICHAEL ANTHONY BOWEN, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. Case No. 5D08-3601
Posted on December 24, 2008MICHAEL ANTHONY BOWEN, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. Case No. 5D08-3601 District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District. Opinion filed December 24, 2008 3.850 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County,Bob Leblanc, Judge. Michael A...
MICHAEL MICHAUD, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. No. 4D08-1049
Posted on December 24, 2008MICHAEL MICHAUD, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. No. 4D08-1049 District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District. [ December 24, 2008] HAZOURI, J. Michael Michaud appeals from the summary denial of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3...
D.S.D., a Child, and J.T.D., a Child, Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Nos. 5D07-2789, 5D07-2790
Posted on December 19, 2008District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District. D.S.D., a Child, and J.T.D., a Child, Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Nos. 5D07-2789, 5D07-2790. Dec. 19, 2008. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, C. Jeffery Arnold, Judge...
S.R.J., a Child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 5D08-1857
Posted on December 19, 2008District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District. S.R.J., a Child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 5D08-1857. Dec. 19, 2008. Appeal from the Circuit Courtfor Orange County, Sally D.M. Kest, Judge. James S. Purdy, Public Defender and Noel A...
STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Steven Watson JOSEPH, Appellee. No. 2D07-4741
Posted on December 19, 2008District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District. STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Steven Watson JOSEPH, Appellee. No. 2D07-4741. Dec. 19, 2008. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Polk County; Karla Foreman Wright, Judge. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ronald Napolitano, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant...
Hiram CORDONES, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. No. 5D08-3847
Posted on December 19, 2008District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District. Hiram CORDONES, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. No. 5D08-3847. Dec. 19, 2008. Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, A Case of Original Jurisdiction. Robert Wesley, Public Defender, and Felix A...
William Frank DAVIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. SC06-1868
Posted on December 18, 2008Supreme Court of Florida. William Frank DAVIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. SC06-1868. Dec. 18, 2008. An Appeal from the Circuit Court in and for Duval County, Lance M. Day, Judge-Case No. 03-10469 CFA. Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Nada M...
Robert J. BAILEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. SC07-748
Posted on December 18, 2008Supreme Court of Florida. Robert J. BAILEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. SC07-748. Dec. 18, 2008. An Appeal from the Circuit Court in and for Bay County, Michael C. Overstreet, Judge-Case No. 05-CFMA-1093. Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and W...
IN RE: STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES- REPORT NO. 2008-02. No. SC08-484
Posted on December 18, 2008IN RE: STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES- REPORT NO. 2008-02. No. SC08-484 Supreme Court of Florida. [ December 18, 2008] PER CURIAM. The Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases (Committee) has submitted proposed changes to the standard jury instructions...
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