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Supreme Court of Florida - January 2009 Opinion Summaries

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Ventura v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In conviction of first-degree, premeditated murder, denial of postconviction relief and all-writs petition is affirmed where: 1) criminal-appellant...
01/29/2009 SC08-60

Wallace v. Dean

Supreme Court of Florida
Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death claim against respondent in his official capacity as sheriff for assuming duty of care by responding to her 911 call but failing...
01/29/2009 SC08-149

State of Florida v. Rabedeau

Supreme Court of Florida
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Decision of the Fifth District in Rabedeau v. State is approved and Second District's decision in Gisi v. State is disapproved where defendants who...
01/29/2009 SC08-144

Heath v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida
Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Sentencing
In convictions for first degree murder, armed robbery and forgery-related crimes, denial of postconviction relief under Florida Rule of Criminal...
01/29/2009 SC07-704

Gisi v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Following the affirmative answer to a certified question, regarding whether a defendant on resentencing is entitled to credits on each newly imposed...
01/29/2009 SC07-319

Consalvo v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a criminal matter concerning the admission of DNA evidence to trial, order denying a motion for DNA testing under Florida Rule of Criminal...
01/29/2009 SC07-2175

AmerUs Life Ins. Co. v. Lait

Supreme Court of Florida
Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Insurance Law
In claim following judgment in favor of petitioner-life insurance company, the Fifth District's decision in AmerUs Life Ins. Co. v. Lait, is quashed...
01/29/2009 SC07-2095

Taylor v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida

In conviction for first-degree murder and sentence of death, petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied over claims of error that: 1) new evidence...
01/29/2009 SC06-615, SC07-1168

Peterson v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Conviction of first-degree murder and a sentence of death arising from the fatal shooting of victim during a robbery are affirmed where: 1) the trial...
01/29/2009 SC06-252

Wheeler v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Convictions and sentences for first-degree murder of a police officer, attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery are affirmed where: 1)...
01/29/2009 SC06-2323

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