626 So. 2d 198 (1993) In re RULE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 3.851 (COLLATERAL RELIEF AFTER DEATH SENTENCE HAS BEEN IMPOSED) and Rule 3.850 (Motion to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence). No. 82322. Supreme Court of Florida. October 21, 1993. PER CURIAM. To assure that death penalty proceedings proceed in a more orderly manner, this Court, on its own motion, adopts a new Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851 and modifies Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. New rule 3.851 deletes prior...
629 So. 2d 120 (1993) In re Inquiry Concerning a Judge, No. 92-419 re Jonathan T. COLBY. No. 82244. Supreme Court of Florida. December 9, 1993. Joseph J. Reiter, Chairman and Ford L. Thompson, Gen. Counsel, Florida Judicial Qualifications Com'n, Tallahassee, and Joseph P. Averill, Sp. Counsel, Miami, for petitioner. Stuart Grossman, Miami, for respondent. PER CURIAM. We review the recommendation of the Judicial Qualifications Commission that Judge Jonathan T. Colby be disciplined for breaches...
623 So. 2d 482 (1993) Michael DUROCHER, Petitioner, v. Harry K. SINGLETARY, etc., et al., Respondents. No. 81986. Supreme Court of Florida. August 12, 1993. Larry Helm Spalding, Capital Collateral Representative, and Martin J. McClain, Chief Asst. Capital Collateral Representative, Tallahassee, for petitioner. Robert Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Richard Martell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondents. PER CURIAM. The capital collateral representative (CCR) has filed this petition for...
628 So. 2d 1102 (1993) STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. William E. SHEARER, Respondent. No. 81912. Supreme Court of Florida. December 2, 1993. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Belle B. Turner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Bureau Chief, Daytona Beach, for petitioner. No appearance for respondent. McDONALD, Justice. In Shearer v. State, 617 So. 2d 721 , 723 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993), the district court certified the following question as being of great public importance: IS THE WRITTEN DECLARATION FOUND IN...
626 So. 2d 664 (1993) OPERATION RESCUE, et al., Appellant, v. WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER, INC., et al., Appellees. No. 81905. Supreme Court of Florida. October 28, 1993. *665 Mathew D. Staver and Jeffery T. Kipi, Orlando, and John Tanner, Daytona Beach, for appellants. Talbot D'Alemberte, Tallahassee, and Susan A. England, Fern Park, for appellees. Talbot D'Alemberte, Tallahassee, amici curiae for Planned Parenthood Federation, joined by The Florida Abortion Council, The Religious Coalition for...
626 So. 2d 684 (1993) In re ADVISORY OPINION TO THE GOVERNOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER SUSPENSION AUTHORITY. No. 81617. Supreme Court of Florida. November 4, 1993. *685 J. Hardin Peterson, General Counsel, and Deborah K. Kearney, Office of the Governor, Tallahassee, for petitioner, Governor Lawton Chiles. Richard H. Langley, Clearmont, for Lake County School Bd., and Dana P. Hoffman and Jackson O. Brownlee of Brownlee, Hoffman & Jacobs, P.A., Orlando, for Diane B. Rowden, interested parties. The...
629 So. 2d 103 (1993) Curtin R. COLEMAN, II, Petitioner, v. Marie Preston Land COLEMAN, Respondent. No. 81610. Supreme Court of Florida. October 21, 1993. Rehearing Denied January 5, 1994. *104 Curtin R. Coleman, pro se. Donald K. Corbin, Fort Lauderdale, for respondent. McDONALD, Justice. We have for review Coleman v. Coleman, 614 So. 2d 532 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993), which directly conflicts with Schorb v. Schorb, 547 So. 2d 985 (Fla.2d DCA 1989). We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section...
617 So. 2d 313 (1993) Robert Dale HENDERSON, Petitioner, v. Harry K. SINGLETARY, etc., et al., Respondent. Robert Dale HENDERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Nos. 81603, 81604. Supreme Court of Florida. April 19, 1993. Certiorari Denied April 20, 1993. *314 Larry Helm Spalding, Capital Collateral Representative, Martin J. McClain, Chief Asst. CCR and Terri L. Backhus, Asst. CCR, Office of the Capital Collateral Representative, Tallahassee, for petitioner/appellant. Robert A....
630 So. 2d 534 (1993) Wallace L. WILLIAMS, Jr., Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. No. 81592. Supreme Court of Florida. November 24, 1993. Rehearing Denied January 28, 1994. Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Asst. Public Defender, Chief, Appellate Div. and Glen P. Gifford, Asst. Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for petitioner. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., James W. Rogers, Bureau Chief, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Charlie McCoy, Asst. Atty....
625 So. 2d 471 (1993) STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Rickey Faye SANDERSON, Respondent. No. 81454. Supreme Court of Florida. October 7, 1993. *472 Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Dale E. Tarpley and Peggy A. Quince, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tampa, for petitioner. James Marion Moorman, Public Defender and Cecilia A. Traina, Asst. Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, for respondent. McDONALD, Justice. We review State v. Sanderson, 615 So. 2d 275 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993), because of...
629 So. 2d 125 (1993) John OVERSTREET, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. No. 81445. Supreme Court of Florida. December 16, 1993. Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and David P. Gauldin, Asst. Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for petitioner. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., James W. Rogers, Bureau Chief, Crim. Appeals, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., and Joe S. Garwood, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent. PER CURIAM. We review Overstreet v. State, 611 So. 2d...
622 So. 2d 980 (1993) Terry Melvin SIMS, Petitioner, v. Harry SINGLETARY, etc., Respondent. No. 81330. Supreme Court of Florida. June 24, 1993. Rehearing Denied September 3, 1993. Steven H. Malone, Public Defender and Gwendolyn Spivey, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for petitioner. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Kellie A. Nielan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for respondent. PER CURIAM. Terry Melvin Sims, an inmate under sentence of death, petitions this Court for writ of...
615 So. 2d 671 (1993) Lawton CHILES, et al., Appellants, v. UNITED FACULTY OF FLORIDA, et al., Appellees. No. 81252. Supreme Court of Florida. March 11, 1993. On Motion for Clarification March 23, 1993. *672 Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Kimberly J. Tucker, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Legal Affairs, Tallahassee, for appellants. Thomas W. Brooks of Meyer and Brooks, P.A., Tallahassee, for United Faculty of Florida, FTP-NEA. Benjamin R. Patterson, III and Jerry G. Traynham of Patterson...
629 So. 2d 835 (1993) Ronda C. WEINSTOCK, PH.D., Petitioner, v. Suzanne GROTH, Respondent. No. 81234. Supreme Court of Florida. December 23, 1993. Francis H. Sheppard of Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, Orlando, for petitioner. J. Scott Murphy of Anderson, Murphy & O'Hara, Orlando, for respondent. KOGAN, Justice. We have for review Groth v. Weinstock, 610 So. 2d 477 (Fla. 5th DCA 1992), because of conflict with Pinellas Emergency Mental Health Services, Inc. v. Richardson, 532 So. 2d 60 (Fla. 2d DCA...
626 So. 2d 1360 (1993) A. Paul PROSPERI, Petitioner, v. CODE, INC., Respondent. No. 81232. Supreme Court of Florida. November 18, 1993. *1361 Paul Safran, Jr., Paul Safran, Jr., P.A., Palm Beach, for petitioner. Richard D. Nadel, Nadel Associates, P.A., Palm Beach Gardens, for respondent. GRIMES, Justice. We review Prosperi v. Code, Inc., 609 So. 2d 59 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992), in which the court certified the following as questions of great public importance: IS AN OWNER WHO PREVAILS ON A COMPLAINT...
628 So. 2d 1097 (1993) The OFFICE OF the STATE ATTORNEY, FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA, Petitioner, v. Tina PARROTINO, Respondent. No. 81229. Supreme Court of Florida. December 2, 1993. *1098 Robert E. Warren and J. Baxter Gillespie of Taylor, Moseley & Joyner, Jacksonville, for petitioner. Darryl D. Kendrick, Jacksonville, for respondent. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Louis F. Hubener, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, amicus curiae for State of Florida. Arthur I. Jacobs, Fernandina...
623 So. 2d 459 (1993) Bernard J. PENN, Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEFENSE FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING SERVICE CENTER AUTHORITY, etc., et al., Appellees. No. 81201. Supreme Court of Florida. June 24, 1993. Rehearing Denied September 9, 1993. *460 Bernard J. Penn, pro se. Robert A. Emmanuel and Karen O. Emmanuel of Emmanuel, Sheppard & Condon, Pensacola, for appellees. PER CURIAM. We have on appeal a final judgment of the Escambia County Circuit Court validating a $100,000,000.00 bond issue. We have...
612 So. 2d 575 (1993) Larry Joe JOHNSON, Sr., Petitioner, v. Harry K. SINGLETARY, Respondent. No. 81121. Supreme Court of Florida. January 29, 1993. *576 Steven L. Seliger, Quincy, and Larry Helm Spalding, Capital Collateral Representative, Martin J. McClain, Chief Asst. Capital Collateral Representative, and Gail E. Anderson, Asst. Capital Collateral Representative, Tallahassee, for petitioner. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Carolyn M. Snurkowski and Mark S. Menser, Asst. Attys. Gen.,...
626 So. 2d 168 (1993) Ricky Bernard ROBERTS, Petitioner, v. Harry K. SINGLETARY, Respondent. No. 81112. Supreme Court of Florida. September 16, 1993. Rehearing Denied November 17, 1993. Michael J. Minerva, Interim Capital Collateral Representative, Martin J. McClain, Chief Asst. CCR, and Thomas H. Dunn, Sp. Asst. CCR, Office of the Capital Collateral Representative, Tallahassee, for petitioner. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Ralph Barreira, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for respondent. PER...
624 So. 2d 720 (1993) THE FLORIDA BAR RE AMENDMENTS TO RULES Regulating the Florida Bar. No. 81010. Supreme Court of Florida. July 1, 1993. Rehearing Denied September 27, 1993. John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Alan T. Dimond, President and Patricia A. Seitz, President-elect, The Florida Bar, Miami, John A. Boggs, Director of Lawyer Regulation, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Barry Richard of Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen & Quentel, Tallahassee,...
