479 So. 2d 736 (1985) David Walter TROEDEL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 67959. Supreme Court of Florida. November 29, 1985. *737 Larry Helm Spalding, Capital Collateral Representative and Steven H. Malone, Sr. Asst. Representative, Office of the Capital Collateral Representative, University of South Florida-Bayboro, St. Petersburg, for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Peggy A. Quince, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee. BOYD, Chief Justice. This is an appeal from the...
481 So. 2d 480 (1985) In re RULE 3.850 OF the FLORIDA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. Nos. 67910, 67960. Supreme Court of Florida. December 19, 1985. Larry Helm Spalding, Tallahassee, for Capital Collateral Representative. Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, and Michael J. Minerva, Asst. Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for The Fla. Public Defender Ass'n, Inc. Richard A. Belz, Executive Director, Gainesville, for Fla. Institutional Legal...
478 So. 2d 346 (1985) Ronnie L. JONES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 67835. Supreme Court of Florida. November 4, 1985. Theodore Klein and Ervin A. Gonzalez of Fine, Jacobson, Schwartz, Nash, Block and England, Miami, for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Richard Doran and Randi Klayman Lazarus, Asst. Attys. Gen., Miami, for appellee. PER CURIAM. Jones was convicted on three counts of first-degree murder, burglary, robbery, carrying a concealed firearm, and unlawful...
478 So. 2d 33 (1985) Raleigh PORTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 67805. Supreme Court of Florida. October 25, 1985. *34 Douglas J. Chumbley of Kimbrell & Hamann, Miami, for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Robert J. Landry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee. PER CURIAM. Raleigh Porter, a state prisoner under a current death warrant, appeals the trial court's denial without evidentiary hearing of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for post-conviction...
477 So. 2d 984 (1985) STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. John T. CREWS, Judge, Respondent. No. 67699. Supreme Court of Florida. September 27, 1985. Rehearing Denied November 19, 1985. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Gary L. Printy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for petitioner. John T. Crews, Circuit Judge, pro se. James E. Coleman, Jr., Marian E. Lindberg and Jeffrey D. Robinson of Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering, Washington, D.C., for Stephen Todd Booker. ADKINS, Acting Chief Justice. We have before us...
480 So. 2d 639 (1985) Thomas M. WOHL, et al., Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, et al., Appellees. No. 67668. Supreme Court of Florida. December 19, 1985. *640 John R. Bush and Susan B. Morrison of Bush, Ross, Gardner, Warren & Rudy, Tampa, for appellants. Dennis R. Ferguson, William S. Dufoe and Julian D. Clarkson of Holland & Knight, Tampa, for appellees. OVERTON, Justice. This is a direct appeal from a final judgment validating revenue bonds of the Sebring Utility Commission. We have...
475 So. 2d 217 (1985) Willie Jasper DARDEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 67571. Supreme Court of Florida. September 3, 1985. *218 Robert Augustus Harper, Tallahassee, and William J. Sheppard of the Law Offices of Wm. J. Sheppard, Jacksonville, for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Richard W. Prospect, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee. PER CURIAM. William Jasper Darden appeals the denial of his second Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion to vacate. We...
475 So. 2d 214 (1985) William Jasper DARDEN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. No. 67555. Supreme Court of Florida. August 29, 1985. *215 Robert Augustus Harper, Tallahassee, for petitioner. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Richard W. Prospect, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for respondent. PER CURIAM. We have before us a petition for writ of habeas corpus, and an application for stay of execution. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, ยง 3(b)(9), Fla. Const. The facts of this case and the issues...
483 So. 2d 409 (1985) Robert HARDEN, Appellant, v. Elsie GARRETT, et al., Appellees. No. 67531. Supreme Court of Florida. December 20, 1985. Rehearing Denied March 12, 1986. Stephen Marc Slepin and George L. Waas, of Slepin, Slepin and Waas, Tallahassee, for appellant. John H. French, Jr., of Messer, Vickers, Caparello, French and Madsen, Tallahassee, for appellees. ADKINS, Justice. In its final order of Harden v. Garrett, dated July 17, 1985, the Leon County Circuit Court reversed its previous...
481 So. 2d 1212 (1985) James Harold THOMPSON, As a Citizen and Taxpayer of the State of Florida, Petitioner, v. The Honorable D. Robert GRAHAM, Governor of the State of Florida, and George Firestone, Secretary of State of the State of Florida, Respondents. No. 67433. Supreme Court of Florida. December 19, 1985. Rehearing Denied February 19, 1986. *1213 Barry Richard, of Roberts, Baggett, LaFace & Richard, Tallahassee, for petitioner. John K. Aurell, John Radey and Elizabeth McArthur, of Aurell,...
477 So. 2d 985 (1985) THE FLORIDA BAR re: STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS CRIMINAL CASES. No. 67396. Supreme Court of Florida. October 10, 1985. Stephen H. Grimes, Chairman, Lakeland, for the Committee On Florida Standard Jury Instructions In Criminal Cases, Petitioner. PER CURIAM. The Supreme Court Committee on Florida Standard Instructions in Criminal Cases has submitted the following report and recommendations as to amendments to the standard instructions in criminal cases: 1. As presently...
479 So. 2d 739 (1985) Donna Harris GRIFFIN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. No. 67224. Supreme Court of Florida. December 5, 1985. James Marion Moorman, Public Defender and Michael E. Raiden, Asst. Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, for petitioner. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Candace M. Sunderland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for respondent. ADKINS, Justice. We have for review Griffin v. State, 470 So. 2d 103 , 104 (Fla. 2d DCA 1985), in which the district court certified...
474 So. 2d 1162 (1985) Sam WILSON, Jr., Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Etc., et al., Respondents. Sam WILSON, Jr., Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee. Nos. 67190, 67204. Supreme Court of Florida. August 15, 1985. *1163 Ronald A. Dion of Entin, Schwartz, Dion and Scalfani, North Miami Beach, for petitioner/appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Joy B. Shearer, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondents/appellee. EHRLICH, Justice. This case is before us on appeal from the trial...
471 So. 2d 27 (1985) Ian Deco LIGHTBOURNE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 67100. Supreme Court of Florida. June 3, 1985. James D. Crawford of Schnader, Harrison, Segal and Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Sean Daly, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee. ADKINS, Justice. Ian Lightbourne was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. On direct appeal, this Court affirmed both the *28 conviction and sentence. Lightbourne v....
478 So. 2d 1071 (1985) Randy VON CARTER, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. No. 67093. Supreme Court of Florida. November 27, 1985. Michael E. Allen, Public Defender and David A. Davis, Asst. Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for petitioner. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Andrea Smith Hillyer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent. OVERTON, Justice. This is a petition to review Von Carter v. State, 468 So. 2d 276 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985), in which the district court...
470 So. 2d 687 (1985) Marvin FRANCOIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 67075. Supreme Court of Florida. May 24, 1985. *688 Alton G. Pitts of Pitts, Eubanks, Hannah, Hilyard and Marsee, and Michael H. Bowling, Orlando, for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Calvin L. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for appellee. PER CURIAM. Marvin Francois filed, in the circuit court in which he was convicted, a motion to vacate his convictions and sentences of death. Accompanying the motion was a...
470 So. 2d 685 (1985) Marvin FRANCOIS, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Secretary of the Department of Corrections of the State of Florida, Respondent. No. 67051. Supreme Court of Florida. May 22, 1985. *686 Alton G. Pitts of Pitts, Eubanks, Hannah, Hilyard and Marsee, Orlando, for petitioner. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Calvin L. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for respondent. PER CURIAM. This proceeding is before the Court on the petition of Marvin Francois for a writ of habeas corpus....
478 So. 2d 351 (1985) STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Daniel BOYNTON, Respondent. No. 66971. Supreme Court of Florida. November 7, 1985. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Lee Rosenthall, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for petitioner. Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Gary Caldwell, Asst. Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, for respondent. OVERTON, Justice. This is a petition to review Boynton v. State, 473 So. 2d 703 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985), an en banc decision in...
478 So. 2d 816 (1985) L.M. DUNCAN & SONS, INC., Appellant, v. CITY OF CLEARWATER, Florida, a Municipal Corporation, Appellee. No. 66951. Supreme Court of Florida. November 14, 1985. *817 Donald Bulleit and Nelly N. Khouzam of Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal & Banker, St. Petersburg, for appellant. Alan S. Zimmet, Asst. City Atty., Clearwater, and Thomas A. Bustin, Gainesville, for appellee. SHAW, Justice. We have before us City of Clearwater v. L.M. Duncan & Sons, Inc., 466 So. 2d 1116 (...
471 So. 2d 1284 (1985) In re INQUIRY CONCERNING Judge, Bernard MUSZYNSKI. No. 84-236. No. 66876. Supreme Court of Florida. June 20, 1985. *1285 Kathleen T. Phillips, Chairman, Pensacola, and John S. Rawls, General Counsel, Tallahassee, for Florida Judicial Qualifications Com'n, petitioner. James E. Taylor, Orlando, for respondent. PER CURIAM. On April 15, 1985, the Judicial Qualifications Commission filed its Notice of Formal Proceedings and Stipulation for Submission to the Supreme Court. In...
