Supreme Court of Florida - June 2006 Opinion Summaries

Rodgers v. State of Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction for first-degree murder is affirmed but his sentence of death is reversed where a denial of the admission of certain specified...

Pardo v. State of Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
In a death penalty case, an order denying defendant's motion for postconviction relief and a petition for a writ of habeas corpus are affirmed and...

Archer v. State of Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
In a death penalty case, an order denying defendant's motion for postconviction relief and a petition for a writ of habeas corpus are affirmed and...

Florida Bar v. Feige

Attorney's Fees, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Health Law, Remedies
In a bar discipline case involving numerous rule violations by an attorney, a referee's factual findings with regard to respondent's guilt on all rule...

Guzman v. State of Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure
An order denying a motion for postconviction relief brought by a prisoner sentenced to death is affirmed where a circuit judge, ensuring that the...

Taylor v. State of Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
A conviction for first-degree murder and death sentence is affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) denial of defendant's motion to suppress...

Norris v. Treadwell

Civil Procedure
A review proceeding is dismissed, as Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.525 was amended effective January 1, 2006.

Coppola v. State of Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
The court's decision in Heggs v. State, 759 So. 2d 620 (Fla. 2000), does not constitute "newly discovered evidence" for purposes of Florida Rule of...

Florida Bar v. Morgan

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Following review of a referee's report regarding alleged ethical breaches by respondent, the referee's findings and recommendation of suspension are...

Velez v. Miami-Dade County Police Dep't

Asset Forfeiture, Criminal Law & Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
The Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act gives a person in possession of the property at the time of seizure standing to participate in the adversarial...