In re Warren, Case No. 61,174 (1981)

Ford v. State, 61440, 61450 (1981)

407 So. 2d 907 (1981) Alvin Bernard FORD, Petitioner/Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent/Appellee. Nos. 61440, 61450. Supreme Court of Florida. December 4, 1981. Laurin A. Wollan, Jr., Tallahassee and Raymond W. Russell, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner/appellant. *908 Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Joy B. Shearer, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent/appellee. PER CURIAM. We have for consideration an appeal from an order of the circuit court denying a motion for post-conviction...

King v. State, 61406 (1981)

407 So. 2d 904 (1981) Amos Lee KING, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 61406. Supreme Court of Florida. December 2, 1981. Baya Harrison, III of Fuller, Johnson & Harrison, Tallahassee, for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Michael J. Kotler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee. PER CURIAM. This is an appeal from a final order of the Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in and for Pinellas County, dated November 13, 1981, denying King's motion for post-conviction...

Dept. of Revenue v. FLA. BOATERS ASS'N, INC., 60825 (1981)

409 So. 2d 17 (1981) DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, Etc., et al., Appellants, v. FLORIDA BOATERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Etc., et al., Appellees. No. 60825. Supreme Court of Florida. December 17, 1981. Rehearing Denied February 23, 1982. *18 Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Joseph C. Mellichamp, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and W. Gray Dunlap, County Atty. and Helen K. Hobbs, Asst. County Atty., Clearwater, for appellants. Guyte McCord, III and Cynthia S. Tunnicliff of Spector, Tunnicliff & McCord,...

State v. Leon County, 60716 (1981)

400 So. 2d 949 (1981) STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. LEON COUNTY, Florida, Appellee. No. 60716. Supreme Court of Florida. June 25, 1981. *950 Donald S. Modesitt, State Atty., for the Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for appellant. F.E. Steinmeyer, III, County Atty., Tallahassee, G. Keith Quinney, Jr., and Talbot D'Alemberte, of Steel, Hector & Davis, Miami, and R. William Ide, III and Frank A. Lightmas, Jr. of Kutak, Rock & Huie, Atlanta, Ga., for appellee. James J. Cooney, Miami, Roy S....

Smith v. State, 60660, 60661 (1981)

400 So. 2d 956 (1981) Dennis Wayne SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Nos. 60660, 60661. Supreme Court of Florida. June 25, 1981. *958 David Paul Montgomery of Staab & Montgomery, Bradenton, and B.J. Owens, Sarasota, for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Michael A. Palecki, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee. ALDERMAN, Justice. Dennis Wayne Smith appeals the trial court's denial of his motion to vacate judgment and sentence. Included in Smith's motion were allegations that...

Foster v. State, 60636 (1981)

400 So. 2d 1 (1981) Charles Kenneth FOSTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 60636. Supreme Court of Florida. May 28, 1981. *2 Richard H. Burr, III, Nashville, Tenn., and Stephen L. Seliger, Florida Clearinghouse on Criminal Justice, Tallahassee, Florida, for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Gregory C. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Florida, for appellee. ADKINS, Justice. This is an appeal from an order denying Charles Kenneth Foster's motion for post-conviction relief...

State v. VOLUSIA CTY. IND. DEVELOPMENT AUTH., 60603 (1981)

400 So. 2d 1222 (1981) The STATE of Florida, and the Taxpayers, Property Owners and Citizens of Volusia County, Florida, Including Nonresidents Owning Property or Subject to Taxation Therein, Appellants, v. VOLUSIA COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, a Public Body Corporate and Politic of Volusia County, Florida, Appellees. No. 60603. Supreme Court of Florida. July 9, 1981. *1223 Stephen L. Boyles, State's Atty. and Jeffrey L. Dees, Asst. State's Atty., Daytona Beach, for appellants....

DeWitt v. Duce, 60594 (1981)

408 So. 2d 216 (1981) Evelyn G. DeWITT and Mabel M. DeWitt, Appellants, v. Estelle R. DUCE, Dallas W. Weaver and Mabel E. Weaver, Appellees. No. 60594. Supreme Court of Florida. December 23, 1981. *217 John R. Vintilla, Cleveland, Ohio, for appellants. John W. Hewitt of Warwick, Campbell & Hewitt, Palm Beach, for appellees. SUNDBERG, Chief Justice. The former United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit certified to this Court the following question pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(6)...

State v. Monroe, 60588 (1981)

406 So. 2d 1115 (1981) STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Willie MONROE, Respondent. No. 60588. Supreme Court of Florida. November 25, 1981. *1116 Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Calvin L. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for petitioner. Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Peter Raben, Asst. Public Defender, Miami, for respondent. McDONALD, Justice. The Third District Court of Appeal has certified its opinion in Monroe v. State, 396 So. 2d 241 (Fla.3d DCA 1981), as passing on a question of great...

DEPT. OF INS., ETC. v. Teachers Ins. Co., 60573 (1981)

404 So. 2d 735 (1981) DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, STATE OF FLORIDA, and Bill Gunter, Insurance Commissioner, Appellants, v. TEACHERS INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Appellees. No. 60573. Supreme Court of Florida. July 23, 1981. Order May 12, 1981. Rehearing Denied November 6, 1981. *736 Daniel Y. Sumner and Edward L. Kutter, Dept. of Ins., Tallahassee, for appellants. Leon H. Handley and Martin B. Unger of Gurner, Gurney & Handley, Orlando, for Teachers Ins. Co., Horace Mann Ins. Co., Cincinnati Ins....

State v. Williams, 60536 (1981)

406 So. 2d 1115 (1981) STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Charles B. WILLIAMS, Respondent. No. 60536. Supreme Court of Florida. November 25, 1981. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Edwin H. Duff, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for petitioner. Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Margaret Good, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for respondent. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. 400 So. 2d 471 (Fla.App.). Murray v. State, 403 So. 2d 417 (Fla. 1981). ADKINS, Acting C.J., and BOYD, OVERTON, ALDERMAN and...

McPherson v. Flynn, 60435 (1981)

397 So. 2d 665 (1981) Scott McPHERSON, Petitioner, v. Bill FLYNN, Respondent. No. 60435. Supreme Court of Florida. April 14, 1981. *666 Gregory F. Esposito, Jr. of Koppen & Watkins, Miami, for petitioner. Donald D. Slesnick, II and Joel V. Lumer, Miami, for respondent. SUNDBERG, Chief Justice. The District Court of Appeal, Third District, certifies that the order of the Circuit Court for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in Flynn v. McPherson, dated February 24, 1981, is a matter of great public...

State v. Gibbs, 60414 (1981)

406 So. 2d 1113 (1981) STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Ernest Eugene GIBBS, Respondent. No. 60414. Supreme Court of Florida. November 25, 1981. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Gregory C. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for petitioner. Theodore E. Mack, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for respondent. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. 394 So. 2d 231 (Fla.App.). Murray v. State, 403 So. 2d 417 (Fla. 1981). ADKINS, Acting C.J., and BOYD, OVERTON, ALDERMAN and McDONALD, JJ., concur.

Washington v. State, 60403 (1981)

397 So. 2d 285 (1981) David Leroy WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 60403. Supreme Court of Florida. April 6, 1981. *286 Richard E. Shapiro, New Orleans, La., and David Lipman, Miami, for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Calvin L. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, Janet Reno, State Atty., and Ira Loewy, Asst. State Atty., Miami, for appellee. PER CURIAM. David Leroy Washington appeals from a trial court order denying his motion for post-conviction relief under Florida Rule...

In Re Certificate of Judicial Manpower, Etc., 60359 (1981)

396 So. 2d 172 (1981) In re CERTIFICATE OF JUDICIAL MANPOWER FOR DISTRICT COURTS OF APPEAL, CIRCUIT COURTS AND COUNTY COURTS, AS REQUIRED BY ARTICLE V, SECTION 9, FLORIDA CONSTITUTION. No. 60359. Supreme Court of Florida. March 13, 1981. PER CURIAM. Article V, Section 9 of the Florida Constitution provides: If the Supreme Court finds that a need exists for increasing ... the number of judges ... it shall, prior to the next regular session of the Legislature, certify to the Legislature its...

City of Tallahassee v. Pub. Emp. Rel. Com., 60354 (1981)

410 So. 2d 487 (1981) CITY OF TALLAHASSEE, Appellant, v. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RELATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee. No. 60354. Supreme Court of Florida. December 3, 1981. Rehearing Denied March 23, 1982. James M. Blue and Mark E. Levitt of the Law Offices of Hogg, Allen, Ryce, Norton & Blue, Tampa, and Bryan W. Henry, City Atty., Tallahassee, for appellant. Michael M. Switzer, Asst. Gen. Counsel and Vernon Townes Grizzard, Staff Counsel, Public Emp. Relations Commission, Tallahassee, for appellee. Peter...

Petition of Diez-Arguelles, 60152 (1981)

401 So. 2d 1347 (1981) In re PETITION OF Jose Agustine DIEZ-ARGUELLES. No. 60152. Supreme Court of Florida. July 30, 1981. Robert M. Rhodes of Messer, Rhodes, Vickers & Hart, and Joseph W. Jacobs, Tallahassee, for petitioner. Alexander L. Hinson, Chairman, Quincy, John H. Moore, Executive Director, and C. Graham Carothers, Tallahassee, for the Florida Board of Bar Examiners. PER CURIAM. We have for review the findings of fact and conclusions of law of the Florida Board of Bar Examiners (...

Harless v. Kuhn, 60051 (1981)

403 So. 2d 423 (1981) Grover E. HARLESS, et al., Petitioners, v. Bonita KUHN, etc., Respondents. No. 60051. Supreme Court of Florida. July 30, 1981. Rehearing Denied October 5, 1981. Joseph S. Kashi of Grimmett, Conrad, Scherer & James, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioners. Joel Miller of Miller & Squire, Fort Lauderdale, for respondents. McDONALD, Justice. After reversing a judgment predicated upon the plaintiffs' being found eighty percent *424 negligent in an accident case and directing the...

State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. JUDGES, ETC., 60035 (1981)

405 So. 2d 980 (1981) STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. JUDGES OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL, FIFTH DISTRICT, Respondents. No. 60035. Supreme Court of Florida. November 5, 1981. *981 Thomas G. Kane of Driscoll, Langston, Layton & Kane, Orlando, for petitioner. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Mitchell D. Franks, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondents. SUNDBERG, Chief Justice. We here confront the issue of whether the District Court of Appeal, Fifth District, may...