664 So. 2d 242 (1995) Jerry WHITE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Nos. 86900, 86901. Supreme Court of Florida. December 1, 1995. *243 Michael J. Minerva, Capital Collateral Representative; Martin J. McClain, Chief Assistant CCR; Sylvia W. Smith, Assistant CCR and Todd G. Scher, Assistant CCR, Office of the Capital Collateral Representative, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Richard B. Martell, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee....
663 So. 2d 624 (1995) Phillip Alexander ATKINS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Phillip Alexander ATKINS, Appellant, v. Jerry HILL, Etc., Appellee. Nos. 86893, 86882. Supreme Court of Florida. December 1, 1995. *625 Bret B. Strand, Assistant CCR and Gail E. Anderson, Assistant CCR, Office of the Capital Collateral Representative, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Robert J. Landry, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee. PER CURIAM....
661 So. 2d 1216 (1995) Robert ATTWOOD, Petitioner, v. Harry K. SINGLETARY, Respondent. No. 86499. Supreme Court of Florida. October 26, 1995. ORDER PER CURIAM. Robert Attwood petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the sentence he is presently serving at Martin Correctional Institution and gain time lost. [1] We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(9) of the Florida Constitution. Including this petition, Attwood has no less than fourteen petitions pending...
664 So. 2d 945 (1995) In re AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA RULES OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROCEDURE. No. 86035. Supreme Court of Florida. November 9, 1995. John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, for Petitioner. Frederic M. Schott, pro se, Orlando; Honorable John J. Lazzara, Judge of Compensation Claims, Florida Department of Labor and Employment Security, Tallahassee; Dennis M. Usdan, pro se, Plantation; Annemarie Craft, Counsel for Special Disability Trust Fund,...
658 So. 2d 82 (1995) Bernard BOLENDER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 86020. Supreme Court of Florida. July 11, 1995. Certiorari Denied July 17, 1995. Mark Evan Olive and Anne Faith Jacobs of Volunteer Lawyers' Post-Conviction Defender Organization, Inc., Tallahassee, for appellant. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Fariba N. Komeily, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for appellee. Certiorari Denied July 17, 1995. See 116 S. Ct. 12 . PER CURIAM. Bernard Bolender, a prisoner on death...
658 So. 2d 77 (1995) In re ADVISORY OPINION TO THE GOVERNOR STATE REVENUE CAP. No. 85949. Supreme Court of Florida. July 7, 1995. W. Dexter Douglass, Gen. Counsel, Office of the Governor, Tallahassee, for petitioner, the Honorable Lawton Chiles, Governor. Michael Colodny and Maria Elena Abate of Colodny, Fass & Talenfeld, P.A., Fort Lauderdale; and Albert A. del Castillo of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Miami, on behalf of Florida Residential Property and Cas. Joint Underwriting Ass'n; Barbara B....
661 So. 2d 821 (1995) STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Jeffrey Ely ROBERTS, Respondent. No. 85909. Supreme Court of Florida. October 26, 1995. Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; James W. Rogers, Tallahassee Bureau Chief, Criminal Appeals and Daniel A. David, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Petitioner. Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender and Carl S. McGinnes, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Respondent. ORDER ON MOTION TO RECALL MANDATE PER CURIAM. On May 18, 1995,...
659 So. 2d 1055 (1995) Lawton CHILES, etc., Petitioner, v. Robert MILLIGAN, etc., et al., Respondent. No. 85870. Supreme Court of Florida. August 24, 1995. *1056 W. Dexter Douglass, General Counsel and Deborah K. Kearney, Deputy General Counsel, Office of the Governor, Tallahassee, for petitioner. Robert B. Beitler, Chief Counsel and Andrea Moreland, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the Comptroller, Tallahassee, Donald L. Bell, General Counsel, Department of State, Tallahassee, B. Elaine...
661 So. 2d 815 (1995) In re FLORIDA RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 9.800(n), CITATIONS. No. 85746. Supreme Court of Florida. October 12, 1995. John Paul Parks of Wendel, Chritton & Parks, Chartered, Lakeland, Florida; Roger H. Parent, Executive Director, Jeanine Schaefer, Administrative Assistant, Chicago, Illinois and Rita Reusch, Chair of the Task Force on Citation Formats, Law Library Director with The University of Utah, Salt *816 Lake City, Utah, on behalf of the American Association of Law...
662 So. 2d 309 (1995) David KUHNLEIN, et al., Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, et al., Appellees. No. 85618. Supreme Court of Florida. October 12, 1995. *310 Christopher K. Kay and Michael J. Beaudine of Foley & Lardner, Orlando; W. Gordon Dobie, Bruce R. Barun and Jennifer J. Demmon of Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL; and Raymond Ehrlich of Holland & Knight, Jacksonville, for Appellants on behalf of Class Plaintiffs. Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Eric J. Taylor, Assistant...
663 So. 2d 1321 (1995) William M. RICH, Jr., et al., Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, et al., Appellees. No. 85494. Supreme Court of Florida. November 30, 1995. *1322 Steven J. Chase and Mark W. McFall of Abel, Band, Russell, Collier, Pitchford & Gordon, Chartered, Sarasota, for Appellants. C. Allen Watts of Cobb, Cole & Bell, Daytona Beach, on behalf of Village Center Community Development District; and Stephen W. Johnson and Steven M. Roy of McLin, Burnsed, Morrison, Johnson & Robuck, P.A.,...
662 So. 2d 339 (1995) Randall Jerrold VANN, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent. No. 85415. Supreme Court of Florida. November 2, 1995. *340 Edward M. Price, Jr. of Farmer, Price, Hornsby & Weatherford, Dothan, Alabama, for Petitioner. Cynthia S. Tunnicliff and Davisson F. Dunlap of Pennington & Haben, P.A., Tallahassee, for Respondent. Loren E. Levy of the Law Offices of Larry E. Levy, Tallahassee, Amicus Curiae for The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers. PER CURIAM. We have for...
653 So. 2d 374 (1995) Raleigh PORTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Raleigh PORTER, Petitioner, v. Harry K. SINGLETARY, Respondent. Nos. 85410, 85404. Supreme Court of Florida. March 28, 1995. *376 Martin J. McClain, Chief Asst. CCR and Todd G. Scher, Asst. CCR, Office of the Capital Collateral Representative, Tallahassee, for appellant/petitioner. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Robert J. Landry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee/respondent. CORRECTED OPINION PER CURIAM....
662 So. 2d 332 (1995) Jesse WATERS, Jr., Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. No. 85267. Supreme Court of Florida. August 31, 1995. Rehearing Denied November 2, 1995. Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender and P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for petitioner. Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; James W. Rogers, Tallahassee Bureau Chief/Criminal Appeals and Thomas Crapps, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for respondent. PER CURIAM. We have for review...
654 So. 2d 558 (1995) INQUIRY CONCERNING a Judge, No. 94-319, re Margarita ESQUIROZ. No. 85260. Supreme Court of Florida. May 11, 1995. Frank N. Kaney, Chairman and Ford L. Thompson, Gen. Counsel, Florida Judicial Qualifications Com'n, Tallahassee, for petitioner. Stuart Z. Grossman, Miami, Alan C. Sundberg, and Richard C. McFarlain of McFarlain, Wiley, Cassedy & Jones, P.A., Tallahassee, for respondent. PER CURIAM. This proceeding is before us pursuant to a stipulation between the Florida...
660 So. 2d 703 (1995) Bruno ABREU, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. No. 85231. Supreme Court of Florida. September 21, 1995. J. Rafael Rodriguez, Specially Appointed Public Defender of the Law Offices of J. Rafael Rodriguez, Miami, for petitioner. Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Joni B. Braunstein, Assistant Attorney General, Miami, for respondent. GRIMES, Chief Justice. We have for review State v. Abreu, 650 So. 2d 163 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995), which certified conflict with...
652 So. 2d 814 (1995) In re INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES. No. 85199. Supreme Court of Florida. March 30, 1995. PER CURIAM. This Court has jurisdiction to approve jury instructions for use in the courts of this state and we have done so by adopting standard jury instructions for civil and criminal cases and have expressly approved other instructions in case law. See, e.g., Standard Jury Instructions Criminal Cases, 603 So. 2d 1175 (Fla. 1992); In re Use by Trial Courts of Standard Jury...
667 So. 2d 756 (1995) STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Willie GREEN, Jr., Respondent. No. 85113. Supreme Court of Florida. December 21, 1995. *757 Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; James W. Rogers, Tallahassee Bureau Chief, Criminal Appeals, and Stephen R. White, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for petitioner. Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender and Carol Ann Turner, Assistant Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for respondent. OVERTON, Justice. We have for...
657 So. 2d 1157 (1995) Chester MAXWELL, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. No. 85074. Supreme Court of Florida. July 20, 1995. Carey Haughwout of Tierney & Haughwout, West Palm Beach, for petitioner. Carolyn V. McCann, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Ft. Lauderdale, for respondent. WELLS, Justice. We have for review a district court decision presenting the following question certified to be of great public importance: IS SECTION 921.141(7), FLORIDA STATUTES, ALLOWING VICTIM IMPACT EVIDENCE,...
660 So. 2d 701 (1995) STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Pamela Y. COLBERT, Respondent. No. 85047. Supreme Court of Florida. September 21, 1995. Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for petitioner. O.J. Harp, III, Brooksville, for respondent. GRIMES, Chief Justice. We review Colbert v. State, 646 So. 2d 234 , 235 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994), in which the district *702 court of appeal certified the following question as one of great...
