377 So. 2d 692 (1979) James Dupree HENRY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 58126. Supreme Court of Florida. November 27, 1979. Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Craig S. Barnard, Chief Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Wallace E. Allbritton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee. PER CURIAM. This is an appeal from a denial of James Dupree Henry's motion for post-conviction relief under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure...
377 So. 2d 1181 (1979) THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant, v. Vaughn C. BRENNAN, Respondent. No. 58012. Supreme Court of Florida. December 13, 1979. David G. McGunegle, Branch Staff Counsel, Tallahassee, and John B. Root, Jr., Assistant Staff Counsel, Orlando, Michael D. Martin, Bar Counsel, Lakeland, for complainant. Vaughn C. Brennan, in pro. per. PER CURIAM. This matter is before the Court on Motion for Approval of Conditional Guilty Plea for Consent Judgment and Entry of Final Order of Discipline....
379 So. 2d 1278 (1979) John BARNDOLLAR et al., Appellants, v. SUNSET REALTY CORP., Appellee. No. 57932. Supreme Court of Florida. December 6, 1979. Rehearing Denied February 19, 1980. William H. Grace and Arthur K. Knudsen, Jr., of Allen, Knudsen, Swartz, Deboest, Rhoads & Edwards, Fort Myers; C. Guy Batsel and Leo Wotitzky, of Wotitzky, Wotitzky, Johnson, Mandell & Batsel, Punta Gorda; and Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Shirley A. Walker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellants. Archie M....
374 So. 2d 981 (1979) In re FLORIDA WORKERS' COMPENSATION RULES OF PROCEDURE. No. 57707. Supreme Court of Florida. September 20, 1979. PER CURIAM. Appended to this opinion are Workers' Compensation Rules of Procedure which the Court hereby adopts temporarily to govern all proceedings within their scope after 12:01 a.m. September 30, 1979. Appeals from the Industrial Relations Commission which are pending in this Court on October 1, 1979, shall continue to be governed by the Florida Rules of...
377 So. 2d 712 (1979) THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant, v. Charles PERRY, Jr., Respondent. No. 57686. Supreme Court of Florida. December 6, 1979. Crockett Farnell, Bar Counsel, Clearwater, and Donald A. Smith, Jr., Asst. Staff Counsel, Tampa, for complainant. Charles Perry, Jr., Redington Beach, for respondent. PER CURIAM. This matter is before the Court on Petition to Approve Conditional Guilty Plea and to Enter Final Order of Discipline. On September 11, 1979, The Florida Bar filed its Petition...
373 So. 2d 895 (1979) Howard Virgil Lee DOUGLAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 57329. Supreme Court of Florida. July 20, 1979. Elliott C. Metcalfe, Jr., Public Defender and Larry Helm Spalding, Asst. Public Defender, *896 Sarasota and Louis G. Carres, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Richard W. Prospect and Raymond L. Marky, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee. PER CURIAM. We have for consideration an expedited appeal from a...
376 So. 2d 858 (1979) THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant, v. David L. SHANNON, Respondent. No. 57322. Supreme Court of Florida. November 1, 1979. John A. Weiss, Bar Counsel, Tallahassee, for complainant. David L. Shannon, in pro. per. PER CURIAM. This disciplinary proceeding against David L. Shannon is before us on complaint of The Florida Bar and report of the referee. No petition for review has been filed. The referee made the following findings of fact pertinent to Shannon's misconduct: C. On...
376 So. 2d 1158 (1979) STATE of Florida and the Taxpayers, Property Owners, and Citizens of Polk County, Including Non-Residents Owning Property or Subject to Taxation Therein, Appellants, v. HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY OF POLK COUNTY, Florida, Appellee. No. 57218. Supreme Court of Florida. November 1, 1979. *1159 Quillian S. Yancey, State's Atty. and Thomas S. Trantham, Jr., Asst. State's Atty., Bartow, for appellant. J. Hardin Peterson, Jr. of Peterson, Myers, Craig, Crews, Brandon & Mann,...
374 So. 2d 959 (1979) In re ADVISORY OPINION TO the GOVERNOR REQUEST OF JUNE 29, 1979. No. 57208. Supreme Court of Florida. July 17, 1979. *960 Sharyn L. Smith and Mark Herron, Tallahassee, for Florida Legislature. J. Kendrick Tucker, Patricia R. Gleason and Percy W. Mallison, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for Attorney General. Talbot D'Alemberte of Steel, Hector and Davis, Miami, for Volusia County Bar Association, Inc., Putnam County Bar Association, Inc., and St. Johns County Bar...
373 So. 2d 667 (1979) Paul Lester NETTLETON, et al., Petitioners, v. Nathan C. DOUGHTIE, Alachua County Court Judge, Respondent. No. 57122. Supreme Court of Florida. July 17, 1979. Eilon Krugman-Kadi of Barton & Cox, and Peter Enwall, Gainesville, for petitioners. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Martin S. Friedman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent. OVERTON, Justice. This is a petition for writ of prohibition brought by the named petitioners who are all charged with certain traffic...
376 So. 2d 1161 (1979) In re FLORIDA EVIDENCE CODE. No. 57115. Supreme Court of Florida. November 8, 1979. L. David Shear, President of The Florida Bar, Tampa, M. Craig Massey, Chairman, Florida Bar Judicial Administration Selection and Tenure Committee, Lakeland, and John A. Boggs, Asst. Staff Counsel, Tallahassee, for response of The Florida Bar. Larry S. Stewart, President of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Miami, for response of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers. CLARIFYING OPINION...
372 So. 2d 1369 (1979) In re FLORIDA EVIDENCE CODE. No. 57115. Supreme Court of Florida. June 28, 1979. PER CURIAM. This Court has jurisdiction to adopt rules of practice and procedure under the provisions of article V, section 2(a), Florida Constitution. The Florida Evidence Code was adopted unanimously by the legislature in the 1976 regular session. [1] The act originally was intended to take effect July 1, 1977; the effective date of the code was delayed, however, until July 1, 1979. [2] It...
372 So. 2d 938 (1979) Robert A. SULLIVAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 57027. Supreme Court of Florida. June 22, 1979. Rehearing Denied July 24, 1979. *939 Roy E. Black and Frank Furci, Miami, for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Wallace E. Allbritton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee. PER CURIAM. Robert A. Sullivan appeals from the trial court's denial of his motion under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. Sullivan seeks review of twelve issues that were...
372 So. 2d 1363 (1979) The Petition of Andrew A. GRAHAM et al., On Behalf of Nine Condemned Men, Petitioners, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. No. 56947. Supreme Court of Florida. June 22, 1979. *1364 Tobias Simon, Miami, for petitioners. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Charles Stampelos, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent. PER CURIAM. This petition for the appointment of counsel was filed by eight volunteer attorneys who represent Learie Leo Alford, Gary E. Alvord, Willie Jasper Darden,...
372 So. 2d 927 (1979) John A. SPENKELINK, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Florida Department of Corrections, Respondent. No. 56941. Supreme Court of Florida. May 25, 1979. Howell L. Ferguson and Steven Goldstein, Tallahassee, for petitioner. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Raymond Marky, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent. PER CURIAM. Petitioner in this cause filed at 7:35 a.m. today a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus and an Application for Stay of Execution. These having...
372 So. 2d 437 (1979) Willie Jasper DARDEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 56910. Supreme Court of Florida. May 22, 1979. Rehearing Denied July 24, 1979. Robert Augustus Harper, Jr., Gainesville, for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Richard W. Prospect, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee. PER CURIAM. We have for consideration an appeal of a Florida Criminal Rule 3.850 proceeding commenced by the appellant on Friday, May 18, 1979. The appellant contends he is...
372 So. 2d 65 (1979) John A. SPENKELINK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 56810. Supreme Court of Florida. May 21, 1979. Andrew A. Graham, Cocoa, and David E. Kendall, Washington, D.C., for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Raymond L. Marky, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee. PER CURIAM. Upon consideration of the Motion for Stay of Execution, briefs of the parties, and the record on appeal it is ordered that the Motion for Stay of Execution be and the same is hereby...
377 So. 2d 689 (1979) DADE COUNTY, a Political Subdivision of the State of Florida, Petitioner, v. Arthur C. STILL, a Single Man, et al., Respondents. No. 56731. Supreme Court of Florida. November 21, 1979. Stuart Simon, County Atty. and Murray A. Greenberg and R.A. Cuevas, Jr., Asst. County Attys., Miami, for petitioner. Robert M. Sondak of Greenberg, Traurig, Askew, Hoffman, Lipoff, Quentel & Wolff, Norman Malinski of John R. Farrell, P.A., Miami, Mark A. Marder of Wiener & Walton, Coral...
376 So. 2d 855 (1979) Hennard HARRIS, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Respondent. No. 56716. Supreme Court of Florida. November 1, 1979. Hennard Harris, in pro. per., for petitioner. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and A.S. Johnston, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent. ADKINS, Acting Chief Justice. In original habeas corpus proceedings, petitioner asserts that section 944.275 Florida Statutes (1978 Supplement) is unconstitutional as it is applied to him, in that he is harmfully required...
376 So. 2d 855 (1979) Hoyt WEAVER, Petitioner, v. Robert GRAHAM, Governor, Respondent. No. 56707. Supreme Court of Florida. November 1, 1979. Hoyt Weaver, in pro. per., for petitioner. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Wallace E. Allbritton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent. PER CURIAM. The petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied. See Harris v. Wainwright, 376 So. 2d 855 (Fla. 1979). ADKINS, Acting C.J., and BOYD, OVERTON, SUNDBERG and ALDERMAN, JJ., concur.
