Supreme Court of Florida - September 2008 Opinion Summaries
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Jimenez v. FloridaSupreme Court of Florida
Criminal Law & Procedure, EvidenceA conviction for both first degree murder and burglary with an assault and battery in an occupied dwelling and a sentence to death, as well as denial... |
09/29/2008 | SC05-2373 |
Deparvine v. FloridaSupreme Court of Florida
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, SentencingConviction and death sentence for first-degree murder are affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) the erroneous admission of hearsay statements;... |
09/29/2008 | SC06-155 |
Wachovia Ins. Servs., Inc. v. ToomeySupreme Court of Florida
Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment LawUpon certified questions from the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in a case arising from the termination of two employment contracts, the... |
09/29/2008 | SC06-1110 |
Walton County v. Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida
Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real EstateIn an action alleging an unconstitutional taking of private land in a beach-restoration project, affirmation of an order issuing a permit to proceed... |
09/29/2008 | SC06-1447 |
Inquiry Concerning a Judge, No. 06-52 Re: AlemanSupreme Court of Florida
Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional ResponsibilityRecommendation for a public reprimand is approved for a judge who imposed unreasonable requirements on defense attorneys who moved for her... |
09/29/2008 | SC07-198 |
Florida v. PowellSupreme Court of Florida
Criminal Law & ProcedureReversal of conviction for being a felon in possession of a handgun is affirmed where the failure to provide express advice of the right to the... |
09/29/2008 | SC07-2295 |
Inquiry Concerning a Judge, No. 07-540 Re: MaxwellSupreme Court of Florida
Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional ResponsibilityRecommendation for a public reprimand is approved for a judge who secured the release of a domestic-violence defendant upon the personal request of a... |
09/29/2008 | SC08-1285 |
Sims v. FloridaSupreme Court of Florida
Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, SentencingIn a challenge to the sentence imposed for a leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, an order approving the sentence is quashed and the... |
09/26/2008 | SC05-400 |
The Florida Bar v. VarnerSupreme Court of Florida
Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, SanctionsIn an attorney discipline case, a referee's finding of guilt is approved, but the sentence recommendation rejected as too short where: 1) findings... |
09/26/2008 | SC06-1919 |
Stein v. FloridaSupreme Court of Florida
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, SentencingIn a death penalty challenge, relief is denied where: 1) appellant was not entitled to recusal of the trial judge from post-conviction proceedings... |
09/26/2008 | SC06-1505 |
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