644 So. 2d 486 (1994) ADVISORY OPINION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RE TAX LIMITATION. ADVISORY OPINION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RE VOTER APPROVAL OF NEW TAXES. ADVISORY OPINION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RE PROPERTY RIGHTS. ADVISORY OPINION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RE REVENUE LIMITS. The LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF FLORIDA, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. Jim SMITH, etc., Respondent. Nos. 83969, 83968, 83967, 83966 and 84089. Supreme Court of Florida. October 4, 1994. Rehearing Denied November 4, 1994. *488...
644 So. 2d 71 (1994) ADVISORY OPINION TO the ATTORNEY GENERAL re LIMITED CASINOS. No. 83886. Supreme Court of Florida. September 9, 1994. Rehearing Denied October 26, 1994. *72 Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Louis F. Hubener, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Arthur J. England, Jr. and Christopher L. Kurzner of Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen & Quentel, Miami, on behalf of Proposition, for Ltd. Casinos, Inc., petitioners. Richard E. Doran, Asst. Deputy Atty. Gen.,...
647 So. 2d 830 (1994) STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Fletcher BERRY, Respondent. No. 83786. Supreme Court of Florida. December 22, 1994. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Anne Y. Swing, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for petitioner. James Marion Moorman, Public Defender and Megan Olson, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for respondent. OVERTON, Justice. We have for review Berry v. State, 636 So. 2d 555 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994), in which the district court certified the following question as one of great...
639 So. 2d 602 (1994) STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES (94-1). No. 83748. Supreme Court of Florida. June 16, 1994. PER CURIAM. The Court recently approved an instruction on attempted first-degree felony murder for inclusion in the Florida Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases. Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases, 636 So. 2d 502 (Fla. 1994). The Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions (Criminal) now recommends that a similar instruction be approved for...
647 So. 2d 106 (1994) Marvin Edwin JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. Harry K. SINGLETARY, etc., Respondent. Marvin Edwin Johnson, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee. Nos. 83690, 83701. Supreme Court of Florida. May 19, 1994. Rehearing Denied August 25, 1994. *107 Billy H. Nolas and Julie D. Naylor, Ocala, and Steven J. Uhlfelder of Holland & Knight, Tallahassee, for petitioner/appellant. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Mark C. Menser, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent/appellee....
646 So. 2d 727 (1994) STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Australia Ozell RINKINS, Jr., Respondent. Nos. 83633, 83634. Supreme Court of Florida. December 8, 1994. *728 Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., James W. Rogers, Bureau Chief and Amelia L. Beisner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for petitioner. Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender and Jamie Spivey, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for respondent. HARDING, Justice. We have for review State v. Rinkins, 634 So. 2d 763 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994), in...
645 So. 2d 432 (1994) STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Stephen HERNANDEZ, Appellee. No. 83548. Supreme Court of Florida. November 23, 1994. *433 Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Margene A. Roper, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for petitioner. James B. Gibson, Public Defender and Larry B. Henderson, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for respondent. WELLS, Justice. The District Court of Appeal for the Fifth District certified the following question to this Court as one of great public...
636 So. 2d 16 (1994) STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Michael H. SALMON, Judge, Respondent. STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Roy Allen STEWART, Appellee. Nos. 83507, 83509. Supreme Court of Florida. April 18, 1994. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Fariba N. Komeily, Asst. Atty. Gen., Katherine Fernandez Rundle, State Atty., Miami, for petitioner/appellant. Michael J. Minerva, Capital Collateral Representative, Stephen M. Kissinger, and Daren L. Shippy, Asst. Capital Collateral Representatives,...
644 So. 2d 484 (1994) Jacob John DOUGAN, Jr., Petitioner, v. Harry K. SINGLETARY, Etc., Respondent. No. 83398. Supreme Court of Florida. September 8, 1994. Rehearing Denied November 14, 1994. Richard H. Burr III, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, New York City, for petitioner. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Richard B. Martell, Chief Capital Appeals, Office of Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent. PER CURIAM. This is a petition for habeas corpus in which Dougan seeks to vacate his sentence of...
636 So. 2d 1336 (1994) In re ADVISORY OPINION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAVE OUR EVERGLADES. No. 83301. Supreme Court of Florida. May 26, 1994. *1337 Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Louis F. Hubener, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Jon L. Mills and Fletcher N. Baldwin, Jr., Gainesville, for Save Our Everglades Committee. W. Dexter Douglass and Gary L. Printy of Douglass, Powell & Rudolph, Tallahassee, for Florida Audubon Society, in support of petitioner. Cecilia F. Renn, Vice...
638 So. 2d 26 (1994) REPUBLICAN PARTY OF FLORIDA, et al., Appellants, v. Jim SMITH, etc., et al., Appellees. No. 83249. Supreme Court of Florida. April 28, 1994. Rehearing Denied June 16, 1994. Richard C. McFarlain, Charles A. Stampelos and Harold R. Mardenborough of McFarlain, Wiley, Cassedy & Jones, P.A., and Bill L. Bryant of Katz, Kutter, Haigler, Alderman, Marks & Bryant, P.A., Tallahassee, for appellants. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Gerald B. Curington, Asst. Atty. Gen.,...
645 So. 2d 436 (1994) Paul R. COOK, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. No. 83193. Supreme Court of Florida. November 23, 1994. Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Kathleen Stover, Asst. Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for petitioner. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., James W. Rogers, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., and Wendy S. Morris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent. GRIMES, Chief Justice. We review Cook v. State, 635 So. 2d 70 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994), in...
647 So. 2d 833 (1994) JFK MEDICAL CENTER, INC., etc., Petitioner, v. Stacy PRICE, etc., et al., Respondents. No. 83145. Supreme Court of Florida. December 22, 1994. Philip D. Parrish of Stephens, Lynn, Klein & McNicholas, P.A., Miami, for petitioner. Arnold R. Ginsberg of Perse, P.A. & Ginsberg, P.A., and Brian W. Smith, P.A., Miami, for respondents. SHAW, Justice. We have for review Price v. Beker, 629 So. 2d 911 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993), based on direct conflict with Jones v. Gulf Coast Newspapers,...
639 So. 2d 25 (1994) R.W., a child, Petitioner, v. A.C. SOUD, Jr., Judge, etc., et al., Respondents. No. 83137. Supreme Court of Florida. June 30, 1994. Louis O. Frost, Jr., Public Defender and Ward L. Metzger, Juvenile Court Coordinator, Office of Public Defender, Fourth Judicial Circuit, Jacksonville, for petitioner. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., James W. Rogers, Bureau Chief, Criminal Appeals and Wendy S. Morris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent. HARDING, Justice. R.W., a...
650 So. 2d 1 (1994) STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. The CITY OF PORT ORANGE, Florida, a political subdivision of the State of Florida, Appellee. No. 83103. Supreme Court of Florida. November 3, 1994. Rehearing Denied February 17, 1995. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Joseph C. Mellichamp, III, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., and Eric J. Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellants. Peter L. Dame of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Jacksonville, and Maureen S. Sikora, City Atty., City of Port Orange,...
638 So. 2d 515 (1994) STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. F.G., et al., Respondents. No. 83065. Supreme Court of Florida. June 16, 1994. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Roberta G. Mandel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for petitioner. Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Harvey J. Sepler, Asst. Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, for respondents. McDONALD, Senior Justice. We review State v. F.G., 630 So. 2d 581 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993), in which the court certified the following...
650 So. 2d 969 (1994) Joseph THOMPSON, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. No. 83064. Supreme Court of Florida. October 27, 1994. Rehearing Denied February 23, 1995. Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Kathleen Stover, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for petitioner. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and James W. Rogers, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent. PER CURIAM. We have for review Thompson v. State, 627 So. 2d 74 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993), which expressly and...
635 So. 2d 937 (1994) STATE of Florida ex rel. James B. CLAYTON, Petitioner, v. BOARD OF REGENTS, etc., Respondent. No. 83053. Supreme Court of Florida. April 21, 1994. James B. Clayton, pro se. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Charlie McCoy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent. PER CURIAM. James B. Clayton has filed a petition for writ of mandamus, challenging the Florida Board of Regents' appointment of Betty Castor to the position of president of the University of South...
632 So. 2d 601 (1994) STATE of Florida ex rel. Ronald Lee BRUCE, Petitioner, v. Diane K. KIESLING, Respondent. FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION NOMINATING COUNCIL, Petitioner, v. Diane K. KIESLING, Respondent. Nos. 83049, 82882. Supreme Court of Florida. March 3, 1994. *602 F. Philip Bank and William D. Anderson, Blank, Rigsby & Meenan, P.A., Tallahassee, on behalf of Ronald Lee Bruce; and Michael Pearce Dodson, Tallahassee, on behalf of the Council, for petitioners. Alan C. Sundberg, Cynthia...
642 So. 2d 1081 (1994) LEGAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION, INC., Petitioner, v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BREVARD COUNTY, Respondent. No. 83039. Supreme Court of Florida. September 29, 1994. David A. Ludder, Legal Environmental Assistance Foundation, Inc., Tallahassee, for petitioner. Nina L. Boniske, Bd. of County Com'rs of Brevard County, Melbourne, for respondent. GRIMES, Chief Justice. This cause is before the Court on the following certified question of law from the United...
