441 So. 2d 148 (1983) Stephen Todd BOOKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Stephen Todd BOOKER, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Respondent. Stephen Todd BOOKER, Petitioner, v. Bob GRAHAM, Governor, Etc., Respondent. Nos. 64517-64519. Supreme Court of Florida. November 17, 1983. *149 James E. Coleman, Jr. and Marian E. Lindberg of Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering, Washington, D.C.; Jeffrey S. Weiner of Weiner, Robbins, Tunkey & Ross, Miami, and Paul S. Rothstein of Rothstein & Skoro,...
441 So. 2d 609 (1983) Robert Austin SULLIVAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Robert Austin SULLIVAN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. Robert Austin SULLIVAN, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Etc., Respondent. Nos. 64511, 64523 and 64522. Supreme Court of Florida. November 21, 1983. *610 Paul Morris, Miami, and Jay Topkis, Eric Freedman and Steven Gey of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, for appellant/petitioner. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Carolyn...
439 So. 2d 872 (1983) Joseph Green BROWN, Appellant/Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee/Respondent. Nos. 64348, 64357. Supreme Court of Florida. October 12, 1983. *873 Richard Blumenthal of Cummings and Lockwood, Stamford, Connecticut, for appellant/petitioner. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Theda James Davis and Davis G. Anderson, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Tampa, for appellee/respondent. PER CURIAM. Joseph Green Brown was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death in 1974. We...
439 So. 2d 875 (1983) Charles Dwight MESSER, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Charles Dwight MESSER, Jr., Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Etc., et al., Respondents. Nos. 64346, 64347. Supreme Court of Florida. October 12, 1983. *876 David Ackerman, Pensacola, and Louis Dugas, Orange, Tex., for appellant/petitioner. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Wallace E. Allbritton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee/respondents. BOYD, Justice. These cases are before the Court on appeal...
438 So. 2d 4 (1983) Ronald JACKSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Ronald JACKSON, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. Nos. 64214, 64202. Supreme Court of Florida. September 13, 1983. *5 Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Karen M. Gottlieb and Elliot H. Scherker, Asst. Public Defenders, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, for appellant/petitioner. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Carolyn Snurkowski, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for appellee/respondent. PER CURIAM. Ronald Jackson...
441 So. 2d 627 (1983) GULFSTREAM PARK RACING ASSOCIATION, INC., Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS REGULATION, et al., Respondents. DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS REGULATION, et al., Petitioners, v. GULFSTREAM PARK RACING ASSOCIATION, INC., Respondent. Nos. 64186, 64257. Supreme Court of Florida. December 1, 1983. David S. Romanik of Landefeld & Romanik, Hollywood, for petitioner/respondent. *628 David M. Maloney, Deputy General Counsel, Dept. of Business Regulation, Tallahassee, for respondents/...
437 So. 2d 1105 (1983) James David RAULERSON, Appellant/Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee/Respondent. Nos. 64181, 64182. Supreme Court of Florida. September 1, 1983. *1106 Stephen B. Bright and Russell F. Canan, Atlanta, Ga., for appellant/petitioner. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and David P. Gauldin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee/respondent. ADKINS, Justice. We have for review an order denying a motion for post-conviction relief alleging, inter alia, ineffective assistance of...
439 So. 2d 848 (1983) In re RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (SENTENCING GUIDELINES). No. 63962. Supreme Court of Florida. September 8, 1983. Robert Wesley, Staff Counsel, Tallahassee, for Sentencing Guidelines Com'n, petitioner. *849 PER CURIAM. The Sentencing Guidelines Commission has proposed a rule of criminal procedure to implement sentencing guidelines in order to comply with the action of the legislature in its passage of section 921.001, Florida Statutes (1983). After publication of the...
435 So. 2d 809 (1983) William Riley JENT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 63957. Supreme Court of Florida. July 18, 1983. Eleanor Jackson Piel, New York City, for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Michael J. Kotler and M. Ann Garrison, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tampa, for appellee. PER CURIAM. Jent appeals the denial of his motion, [*] filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal *810 Procedure 3.850, to vacate, set aside, or correct conviction and sentence. We have jurisdiction and...
437 So. 2d 1388 (1983) James Curtis McCRAE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 63797. Supreme Court of Florida. September 15, 1983. *1389 Robert H. Dillinger of Akerson, Swisher, Dillinger & Brett, St. Petersburg, for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Peggy A. Quince, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee. PER CURIAM. This cause is before the Court on appeal from an order denying James McCrae's motion for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure...
439 So. 2d 868 (1983) James Curtis McCRAE, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Respondent. No. 63796. Supreme Court of Florida. September 15, 1983. Rehearing Denied November 17, 1983. *869 Robert H. Dillinger of Akerson, Swisher, Dillinger & Brett, St. Petersburg, for petitioner. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., George R. Georgieff, Asst. Deputy Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Peggy Quince, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for respondent. PER CURIAM. This cause is before the Court on petition for a writ of habeas...
433 So. 2d 988 (1983) Levis Leon ALDRIDGE, a/K/a Levis Leon Aldrich, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Etc., Respondent. No. 63789. Supreme Court of Florida. June 14, 1983. Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Craig S. Barnard, Chief Asst. Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, for petitioner. *989 Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Robert L. Bogen, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent. PER CURIAM. The petitioner, Levis Leon Aldridge, has filed a petition for...
433 So. 2d 976 (1983) Wardell RILEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Wardell RILEY, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Etc., Respondent. Wardell RILEY, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. Nos. 63750, 63730 and 63749. Supreme Court of Florida. June 3, 1983. *977 Richard H. Frank and Richard T. Donelan, Jr. of the Law Offices of Frank & Kelly, Tampa, Robert W. Pope of the Law Offices of Robert W. Pope, St. Petersburg, for appellant/petitioner. *978 Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and...
433 So. 2d 974 (1983) Paul William SCOTT, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Etc., Respondent. Paul William SCOTT, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. Nos. 63736, 63737. Supreme Court of Florida. June 3, 1983. *975 Paul Morris, Miami, for petitioner. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Max Rudmann and Russell S. Bohn, Asst. Attys. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent. PER CURIAM. We deny Paul William Scott's petition for writ of habeas corpus, application for leave to file a petition for writ of...
442 So. 2d 220 (1983) THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant, v. Andrew P. MAVRIDES, Respondent. Nos. 63715, 62673. Supreme Court of Florida. December 8, 1983. John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director and Stanley A. Spring, Staff Counsel, Tallahassee, and Jacquelyn Plasner Needelman and Kenneth R. Mikos, Bar Counsels, Fort Lauderdale, for complainant. No appearance for respondent. PER CURIAM. In this Bar disciplinary proceeding the referee has found the respondent, Andrew P. Mavrides, a member of The...
438 So. 2d 815 (1983) DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, State of Florida, et al., Appellants, v. SOUTHEAST VOLUSIA HOSPITAL DISTRICT, et al., Appellees. FLORIDA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND, et al., Appellants, v. SOUTHEAST VOLUSIA HOSPITAL DISTRICT, et al., Appellees. Nos. 63698, 63699 and 63751. Supreme Court of Florida. September 15, 1983. Rehearing Denied November 4, 1983. *817 David A. Yon, Legal Division, Dept. of Ins., Tallahassee, and Talbot D'Alemberte and Jeffrey B. Crockett of Steel, Hector &...
432 So. 2d 42 (1983) James E. HITCHCOCK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 63667. Supreme Court of Florida. May 17, 1983. Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender; Craig S. Barnard, Chief Asst. Public Defender; and Richard H. Burr, III and Richard B. Greene, Asst. Public Defenders, West Palm Beach, for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Richard W. Prospect, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee. PER CURIAM. Hitchcock appeals the trial court's denial of his motion to vacate...
439 So. 2d 880 (1983) Ara Williams VanBIBBER, Appellant, v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY INSURANCE CO., Appellee. No. 63584. Supreme Court of Florida. October 13, 1983. *881 E.C. Deeno Kitchen, Brian S. Duffy and Robert King High, Jr. of Ervin, Varn, Jacobs, Odom & Kitchen, Tallahassee, for petitioner. William B. Wiley and Charles A. Stampelos of McFarlain, Bobo, Sternstein, Wiley & Cassedy, Tallahassee, for respondent. Gabriel Mazzeo, Dept. of Ins., Tallahassee, for Bill Gunter, Ins. Com'r...
442 So. 2d 955 (1983) STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. John HEATHCOAT, Respondent. No. 63582. Supreme Court of Florida. December 15, 1983. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Michael J. Kotler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for petitioner. Jerry Hill, Public Defender and L.S. Alperstein, Asst. Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, for respondent. SHAW, Judge. This cause is before the Court on petition to review Heathcoat v. State, 430 So. 2d 945 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983), in which the district court...
437 So. 2d 1099 (1983) Carlos Luis ARANGO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee. Carlos Luis ARANGO, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, Respondent. Nos. 63562, 63563. Supreme Court of Florida. September 1, 1983. *1101 Sharon B. Jacobs and Steven E. Chaykin of Chaykin, Karlan & Jacobs, Coral Gables, for appellant/petitioner. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Penny Hershoff Brill and Carolyn M. Snurkowski, Asst. Attys. Gen., Miami, for appellee/...
