Supreme Court of Florida - November 2008 Opinion Summaries

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report No. 2008-03 and 2008-06

Criminal Law & Procedure
The Court hereby authorize the publication and use of instructions 21.1 - Resisting Officer with Violence and 21.2 - Resisting Officer without...

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report No. 2008-01

Criminal Law & Procedure
The Court hereby authorizes the publication and use of instructions 3.12(a) - Single Defendant, Multiple Counts or Information, 3.12(c) - Multiple...

Wainwright v. State of Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure
On appeal from an order under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851 denying a successive motion to vacate a judgment of conviction of first-degree...

In Re: Amendments to Fla. R. Crim. P.

Criminal Law & Procedure
In response to an out-of-cycle report of the Florida Bar's Criminal Procedure Rules Committee, the court adopts the committee's proposed amendments to...

In Re: Amendments to Fla. R. App. P.

Civil Procedure
In response to the regular report of the Florida Appellate Rules Committee, the court adopts the committee's proposed amendments.

State of Florida v. Pearce

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sentencing
Conviction for first-degree murder is affirmed, and death sentence vacated and remanded for resentencing, where: 1) the alleged ineffectiveness of...

Tompkins v. State of Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a capital murder case, denial of motion to vacate sentence is affirmed, and petitions for all writs and habeas relief are denied, over claims...

Lynch v. Florida

Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a capital case involving charges of burglary, kidnapping, and murder, denial of postconviction relief is affirmed and a petition for habeas relief...

Lowe v. Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a first-degree murder case, conviction and order for a new penalty phase are affirmed, and petition for habeas relief is denied, where: 1) trial...