Supreme Court of Florida - May 2006 Opinion Summaries

Florida Bar v. Broome

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In proceedings arising from Florida Bar investigations into the conduct of an attorney, a referee's findings of fact and recommendations as to guilt...

Trotter v. State of Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a death penalty murder case, orders denying a motion for postconviction relief and concluding that defendant is not mentally retarded are affirmed,...

Henry v. McDonough

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a death penalty murder case, denial of a motion for postconviction relief is affirmed and a petition for a writ of habeas corpus is denied over...

Inquiry Concerning a Judge, Re: Renke

Elections, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Upon review of a recommendation of the Judicial Qualifications Commission that a circuit judge be disciplined, the judge is removed as a judge where...

England v. State of Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
A conviction for first-degree murder and sentence of death is affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) fundamental error in a witness's testimony;...

Reynolds v. State of Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendant's convictions and sentences of death for first-degree murder are affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) admissibility of evidence; 2)...

Consalvo v. State of Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
An order denying defendant's motion for postconviction relief from a conviction and death sentence for first-degree murder is affirmed over claims of...

State of Florida v. Harden

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
The "antikickback" provision of the Florida Medicaid fraud statute, Florida Statutes section 409.920(2)(e), is preempted by federal law since it...

Steadman v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
A petition for review is granted and the decision under review is quashed on the authority of the decision in Aguilera v. Inservices, Inc., 905 So. 2d...

Miller v. Scottsdale Ins. Co.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
The plain language of Florida Statutes section 627.848 requires a single date of cancellation for an insurance contract as a whole, and nothing in the...