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Supreme Court of Florida - October 2007 Opinion Summaries

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Lawson v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A trial court has discretion to find a defendant in willful and substantial violation of probation for being discharged from a court-ordered drug...
10/25/2007 SC06-2423

Foley v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida
Criminal Law & Procedure
Extraordinary writ petitions cannot be used to circumvent the jurisdictional requirements for discretionary review under article V, section 3(b)(3) of...
10/25/2007 SC07-164

Barnhill v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of a motion to vacate petitioner's conviction for first-degree murder and sentence of death, and a petition for habeas relief, are affirmed and...
10/25/2007 SC06-275, SC06-1803

Brooks v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The stricter could-have-been-imposed harmless error test, as opposed to the would-have-been-imposed test, applies to claims of sentencing error raised...
10/25/2007 SC06-1266

Garcia v. Fed. Ins. Co.

Supreme Court of Florida
Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
An insurance policy that defines a covered person as "any other person with respect to liability because of acts or omissions of the insured" is not...
10/25/2007 SC06-2524

Kelley v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a contract murder case, denial of defendant's motion for postconviction DNA testing is affirmed where: 1) the trial court did not abuse its...
10/25/2007 SC06-1574

Florida Dep't of Corr. v. Abril

Supreme Court of Florida
Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
An entity that negligently and unlawfully violates a patient's right of confidentiality and privacy in disclosing the results of HIV testing of the...
10/18/2007 SC04-1747

Willis v. Gami Golden Glades, LLC

Supreme Court of Florida
Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action seeking brought against the owner of a Holiday Inn and a security services company arising from circumstances in which plaintiff was held...
10/18/2007 SC04-1929

State of Florida v. Sigle

Supreme Court of Florida
Criminal Law & Procedure
Florida Statutes section 924.34 is unconstitutional to the extent that it can be read to allow the appellate court to direct entry of judgment for a...
10/11/2007 SC04-1934

Frances v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction for first-degree murder and a sentence of death are affirmed over claims that: 1) the trial court improperly restricted his...
10/11/2007 SC05-892

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