720 So. 2d 506 (1998) In re Inquiry Concerning a Judge, Leonard V. WOOD, No. 97-419. No. 93455. Supreme Court of Florida. September 28, 1998. Gilbert S. Goshorn, Jr., Chairman, and Thomas C. MacDonald, Jr., General Counsel, Tallahassee, and Marvin E. Barkin and Lansing C. Scriven, Special Counsel, Tampa, for Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission, Petitioner. Chandler R. Muller, Winter Park, for Respondent. PER CURIAM. We review the stipulation filed by the Florida Judicial Qualifications...
723 So. 2d 263 (1998) STATE of Florida, et al., Appellants, v. AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, et al., Appellees. State of Florida, et al., Petitioners, v. Kerrigan, Estess, Rankin & Mcleod, et al., Respondents. Nos. 93148, 93195 and 93633. Supreme Court of Florida. November 13, 1998. *264 Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Myron H. Burnstein, Deputy Attorney General, Ft. Lauderdale, Louis F. Hubener, Assistant Attorney General, Jim Peters, Special Counsel and Kimberly Tucker, Deputy General...
725 So. 2d 365 (1998) IN RE AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA FAMILY LAW RULES OF PROCEDURE (SELF HELP). No. 93,319. Supreme Court of Florida. December 3, 1998. Rehearing Denied December 24, 1998. *366 Karen K. Cole, Chair, Family Court Steering Committee, Jacksonville, and Judith Kreeger, Chair, Self Help Subcommittee, Miami, for Petitioner. Howard C. Coker, President, and John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, for The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida, and Sharon L. Langer, Board of Governors,...
718 So. 2d 1179 (1998) In re AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES REGULATING THE FLORIDA BAR. No. 92841. Supreme Court of Florida. September 24, 1998. John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, Edward R. Blumberg, President, Howard C. Coker, President-elect, Cynthia A. Everett, Chair, Rules Committee, Paul F. Hill, General Counsel, and John A. Boggs, Director, Legal Division, Tallahassee, for Petitioner The Florida Bar. David P. Frankel, pro se, Washington, D.C., Responding. PER CURIAM. This matter is...
721 So. 2d 302 (1998) Anthony PERSICO, et al., Petitioners, v. Robert RUSSO, Respondent. No. 92685. Supreme Court of Florida. November 25, 1998. Leigh Katzman of Katzman & Korr, P.A., Margate, for Petitioners. Stephan P. Lange of Lange and Lange, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Respondent. PARIENTE, Justice. We have for review a decision certifying the following question to be of great public importance: *303 MAY THE STATE CONSTITUTIONALLY REQUIRE REASONABLE GRANDPARENT VISITATION WHERE ONE OF THE...
710 So. 2d 543 (1998) Daniel Eugene REMETA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 92670. Supreme Court of Florida. March 29, 1998. Peter Kenny, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, Southern Region, and Todd G. Scher, Chief Assistant Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, Southern Region, Miami, for Appellant. Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Judy Taylor Rush and Kenneth S. Nunnelley, Assistant Attorneys General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee. PER CURIAM. Daniel Eugene Remeta,...
720 So. 2d 202 (1998) D.L.B., a child, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. No. 92641. Supreme Court of Florida. October 8, 1998. James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and John C. Fisher, Assistant Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, for Petitioner. Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Robert J. Krauss, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Chief of Criminal Law, and Susan D. Dunlevy, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Respondent. SHAW, Justice. We have for review D.L....
709 So. 2d 101 (1998) In re PUBLIC DEFENDER'S CERTIFICATION OF CONFLICT AND MOTION TO WITHDRAW DUE TO EXCESSIVE CASELOAD AND MOTION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS. Nos. 92636, 92534. Supreme Court of Florida. April 8, 1998. *102 James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Deborah K. Brueckheimer, Chief, Appeals Division, Assistant Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, for Petitioner in No. 92636. Teddy N. Williams, Jr., County Attorney, and Paul G. Bangel, Senior Assistant County Attorney,...
708 So. 2d 271 (1998) Gerald Eugene STANO, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 92614. Supreme Court of Florida. March 20, 1998. *272 Mark E. Olive, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Kenneth Nunnelley and Judy Taylor Rush, Assistant Attorneys General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee. PER CURIAM. Gerald Eugene Stano, a prisoner on death row and under a death warrant, appeals the trial court's denial of his second motion for postconviction relief. We...
708 So. 2d 941 (1998) Judy A. BUENOANO, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 92522. Supreme Court of Florida. March 26, 1998. *943 Gregory C. Smith, Capital Collateral Counsel, and Sylvia W. Smith and Robert Friedman, Assistant Capital Collateral Counsel, Office of the Capital Collateral Counsel, Northern Region, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Candance M. Sabella and Katherine V. Blanco, Assistant Attorneys General, Tampa, for Appellee. PER...
714 So. 2d 453 (1998) Lawton CHILES, as Governor, Petitioner, v. John B. PHELPS, et al., Respondents. A CHOICE FOR WOMEN and Edward R. Watson, M.D., Petitioners, v. Daniel WEBSTER, et al., Respondents. Nos. 92474, 92730. Supreme Court of Florida. July 2, 1998. *454 Dan R. Stengle, General Counsel, Michelle Anchors, Deputy General Counsel, and Thomas Crapps, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the Governor, Tallahassee, on behalf of Governor Lawton Chiles; and Charlene Miller Carres,...
707 So. 2d 714 (1998) STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Judy A. BUENOANO, et al., Appellees. No. 92442. Supreme Court of Florida. March 11, 1998. Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Richard B. Martell, Chief, Capital Appeals, Tallahassee; Candance M. Sabella and Kay V. Blanco, Assistant Attorneys General, Tampa; and Lawson Lamar, State Attorney and Paula C. Coffman, Assistant State Attorney, Orlando, for Appellant. Gregory C. Smith, Capital Collateral Counsel, Northern Region; Sylvia...
724 So. 2d 1144 (1998) STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. E.D.P., a Child, Respondent. No. 92345. Supreme Court of Florida. October 8, 1998. Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, James W. Rogers, Tallahassee Bureau Chief, Criminal Appeals, and Kristina White, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Petitioner. Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Assistant Public Defender, Chief, Appellate Intake Division, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for Respondent. SHAW,...
714 So. 2d 404 (1998) STATE of Florida ex rel. Robert A. BUTTERWORTH, etc., Petitioner, v. Peter KENNY, etc., et al., Respondents. No. 92343. Supreme Court of Florida. April 23, 1998. Rehearing Denied July 13, 1998. *406 Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Carolyn M. Snurkowski, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Petitioner. Peter Warren Kenny, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, Southern Region, Martin J. McClain, Litigation Director, and Todd G. Scher, Chief Assistant CCR,...
720 So. 2d 230 (1998) MORRIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, etc., et al., Petitioners, v. Susanne Y. FRANGIE, et al., Respondents. No. 92321. Supreme Court of Florida. October 22, 1998. *231 George D. Gabel, Jr. and Brooks C. Rathet of Holland & Knight LLP, Jacksonville, for Petitioners. J. Richard Moore, Jr. of Moore, Smith & Moore, Jacksonville, Ronald E. Reed and Laurence C. Huttman of Bullock, Childs, Pendley, Reed, Herzfeld & Rubin, Jacksonville, Thomas M. Beverly, Jacksonville, and Harvey L....
720 So. 2d 216 (1998) Robert P. SHELEY, Petitioner, v. FLORIDA PAROLE COMMISSION, Respondent. No. 92260. Supreme Court of Florida. October 22, 1998. Robert P. Sheley, Calipatria, CA, Petitioner, pro se. William L. Camper, General Counsel, and Kim M. Fluharty, Assistant General Counsel, Tallahassee, for Respondent. SHAW, Justice. We have for review Sheley v. Florida Parole Commission, 703 So. 2d 1202 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997), wherein the district court certified conflict with Johnson v. Florida...
709 So. 2d 512 (1998) Leo Alexander JONES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 92234. Supreme Court of Florida. March 17, 1998. *514 Martin J. McClain, Litigation Director, Office of the CCRC South, Miami, for Appellant. Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Richard B. Martell, Chief, Capital Appeals, and Curtis M. French, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee. PER CURIAM. Leo Alexander Jones, under sentence of death and warrant for execution, appeals the trial...
716 So. 2d 768 (1998) FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Petitioner, v. June CULVER, et al., Respondents. No. 92211. Supreme Court of Florida. August 20, 1998. Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and David R. Herman and Pamela Lutton-Shields, Assistant Attorneys General, Tallahassee, for Petitioner. Marcia Davis, Gainesville, for Respondents. OVERTON, Justice. We have for review Department of Corrections v. Culver, 703 So. 2d 1211 , 1212 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997), in which the district court...
719 So. 2d 284 (1998) STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Joseph MACKEY, Respondent. No. 92179. Supreme Court of Florida. September 24, 1998. Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Richard L. Polin, Assistant Attorney General, Miami, for Petitioner. Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Marti Rothenberg, Assistant Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, for Respondent. PER CURIAM. We have for review the decision in Mackey v. State, 703 So. 2d 1183 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997), which...
718 So. 2d 798 (1998) ADVISORY OPINION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RE TERM LIMITS PLEDGE. No. 92162. Supreme Court of Florida. October 1, 1998. *800 Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Louis F. Hubener, III, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Presentor. Joseph W. Little, Gainesville, for Floridians for Congressional Term Limits and Rick Bruns, Respondents. PER CURIAM. The Attorney General has requested that this Court review a proposed citizen initiative amendment to the Florida...
