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Supreme Court of Florida - January 2003 Opinion Summaries

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BUTLER v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Supreme Court of Florida
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing 
A trial court may sentence a defendant to a term in excess of the statutory maximum for an offense committed after October 1, 1998, where the lowest... 		01/30/2003 SC01-2465
THOMAS v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Supreme Court of Florida
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus 
In a motion for postconviction relief, claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel based on allowing defendant to waive the right to appeal,... 		01/30/2003 SC01-1439
CAUFIELD v. CANTELE
Supreme Court of Florida
Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate 
Plenary appeal is proper for a district court to review a trial court determination of attorneys' fees and costs after voluntary dismissal, and the... 		01/16/2003 SC99-95
CARIBBEAN CONSERVATION CORP. v. FLORIDA FISH & WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMM'N
Supreme Court of Florida
Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law 
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has regulatory and executive powers with respect to marine life, but the Department of... 		01/16/2003 SC01-1885
DERIUS v. ALLSTATE INDEM. CO.
Supreme Court of Florida
Attorney's Fees, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law 
The decision of United Auto. Ins. Co. v. Rodriguez, 808 So.2d 82 (2001), rendered erroneous certain language, contained in Perez v. State Farm Fire... 		01/16/2003 SC01-296
GETHERS v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Supreme Court of Florida
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing 
Absent the execution of an arrest warrant, a defendant who is in jail in a specific county pursuant to an arrest on one or more charges need not be... 		01/16/2003 SC01-2639
RYKIEL v. RYKIEL
Supreme Court of Florida
Civil Procedure, Family Law, Tax Law 
A divorce decree may provide that alimony payments are to be excluded from the gross income of the payee and not deducted by the payor, and in such a... 		01/16/2003 SC01-586
ASHLEY v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Supreme Court of Florida
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing 
A trial court can correct a "scrivener's error" during sentencing without violating double jeopardy, where defendant had no expectation of finality... 		01/09/2003 SC00-2586
STATE OF FLORIDA v. ABREU
Supreme Court of Florida
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure 
Section 90.803(22), Florida Statutes, is unconstitutional in criminal proceedings to the extent that it allows the prosecutor to use at trial a... 		01/09/2003 SC01-2596

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