424 So. 2d 753 (1982) INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL UNION NO. 177, etc., Appellant, v. JACKSONVILLE PORT AUTHORITY, etc., Appellee. No. 62934. Supreme Court of Florida. December 21, 1982. John F. MacLennan of Kattman, Eshelman & MacLennan, Jacksonville, for appellant. *754 Robert M. Ervin and Thomas M. Ervin, Jr. of Ervin, Varn, Jacobs, Odom & Kitchen, Tallahassee, Courtney Wilder Stanton, Jacksonville, and Barry J. Miller, Detroit, Mich., for appellee. BOYD, Justice....
423 So. 2d 355 (1982) Carl Ray SONGER, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Richard L. Dugger, Superintendent of Florida State Prison, Starke, Respondents. No. 62891. Supreme Court of Florida. December 1, 1982. *356 Joseph Jordan, West Palm Beach, for petitioner. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Peggy Quince and Frank Lester Adams, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for respondents. ADKINS, Justice. By habeas corpus, petitioner Carl Ray Songer contends that he...
423 So. 2d 357 (1982) Marvin FRANCOIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Marvin FRANCOIS, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Etc., Respondent. Nos. 62874, 62916. Supreme Court of Florida. December 1, 1982. *358 Joel N. Rosenthal and Lawrence M. Malman, Miami, for appellant/petitioner. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Calvin L. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for appellee/respondent. PER CURIAM. Marvin Francois appeals the trial court's order denying his motion for post-conviction relief, filed...
422 So. 2d 303 (1982) Douglas L. GROSE, Thomas P. Fox, and Committee for Constitutional Education, Appellants, v. George FIRESTONE, Secretary of State, and Dorothy Glisson, Deputy Secretary of State for Elections, Appellees. No. 62796. Supreme Court of Florida. November 1, 1982. Thomas P. Fox, and Douglas Leon Grose of Anderson, Thorne, Grose & Quesada, Tampa, for appellants. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Eric J. Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellees. Arthur I. Jacobs, Fernandina...
421 So. 2d 160 (1982) Daniel Morris THOMAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Daniel Morris THOMAS, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Respondent. Nos. 62751, 62747. Supreme Court of Florida. October 21, 1982. *161 Douglas N. Duncan of Foley & Colton, West Palm Beach, for appellant/petitioner. *162 Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and David T. Weisbrod, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee/respondent. PER CURIAM. Daniel Morris Thomas, a state prisoner under a sentence of death and a warrant for...
421 So. 2d 151 (1982) Reubin ASKEW, et al., Appellants, v. George FIRESTONE, As Secretary of State, Appellee. No. 62719. Supreme Court of Florida. October 21, 1982. *152 Albert J. Hadeed, John K. McPherson, and Terri Wood of Southern Legal Counsel, Inc., Gainesville, for appellants. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Eric J. Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee. McDONALD, Justice. Reubin Askew, Common Cause, and the League of Women Voters of Florida, Inc., appeal a trial court order...
420 So. 2d 872 (1982) Freddie Lee HALL, Appellant/Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee/Respondent. Nos. 62696, 62697. Supreme Court of Florida. October 5, 1982. *873 Howard H. Babb, Jr., Public Defender and Jerry T. Lockett, Asst. Public Defender, Fifth Judicial Circuit, Tavares, for appellant/petitioner. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Robert J. Landry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee/respondent. PER CURIAM. Freddie Lee Hall appeals the trial court's denial of his motion to vacate, set...
420 So. 2d 591 (1982) Mack RUFFIN, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 62631. Supreme Court of Florida. September 29, 1982. David Rubman, Bartow, and Asa D. Sokolow, Renee J. Roberts, Edward S. Kornreich and Elizabeth Shollenberger, New York City, for appellant. *592 Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and William I. Munsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee. PER CURIAM. Mack C. Ruffin appeals an order of the trial court denying his motions to vacate his judgment and sentence of...
424 So. 2d 10 (1982) JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION, NINTH CIRCUIT, Petitioner, v. Robert GRAHAM, As Governor of the State of Florida, and George Firestone, As Secretary of State of the State of Florida, Respondents. No. 62513. Supreme Court of Florida. Order August 31, 1982. Opinion December 16, 1982. Gregory A. Presnell, as Chairman of and as Counsel for the Ninth Circuit Judicial Nominating Com'n, of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, Orlando, for petitioner. Betty J. Steffens, Gen. Counsel to...
425 So. 2d 1 (1982) In re THE FLORIDA BAR. In re PETITION TO AMEND the INTEGRATION RULE, ARTICLE II (LAW FACULTY AFFILIATES). No. 62292. Supreme Court of Florida. December 16, 1982. James C. Rinaman, Jr., President, Jacksonville, William O.E. Henry, President-elect, Lakeland, and John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, Tallahassee, of The Florida Bar, and O. Edgar Williams, Chairman, Integration Rule and Bylaws Committee, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner. PER CURIAM. This proceeding is before...
416 So. 2d 450 (1982) William D. CHRISTOPHER, Defendant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 62183. Supreme Court of Florida. June 23, 1982. *452 Michael R.N. McDonnell, Naples, for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and William E. Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee. ADKINS, Justice. We have for review an order denying a motion to vacate, set aside, or correct sentence. Defendant has also filed a motion for leave to amend pleadings and for remand, a petition for writ of error coram...
416 So. 2d 808 (1982) Bennie E. DEMPS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 62169. Supreme Court of Florida. June 24, 1982. John Middleton, Gainesville, and John L. Carroll and Dennis N. Balske, Montgomery, Ala., for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Gregory C. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee. PER CURIAM. Bennie E. Demps is before this Court on appeal from the denial without hearing of his motion for post-conviction relief by the Circuit Court for the Eighth...
422 So. 2d 827 (1982) Ronald STRAIGHT, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Respondent. Ronald STRAIGHT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Nos. 62168, 62182. Supreme Court of Florida. September 14, 1982. Rehearing Denied December 27, 1982. *829 Raymond E. Makowski, Jacksonville, and Steven L. Seliger, Quincy, for petitioner/appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and David P. Gauldin and Carolyn M. Snurkowski, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent/appellee. PER CURIAM. These...
413 So. 2d 756 (1982) Stephen Todd BOOKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 61947. Supreme Court of Florida. April 19, 1982. Stephen N. Bernstein, Gainesville, for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Raymond L. Marky and Lawrence A. Kaden, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee. ADKINS, Justice. We have for review an order denying a motion to vacate and set aside judgment and sentence or in the alternative for a new trial. Defendant, Stephen Todd Booker (hereinafter...
414 So. 2d 1040 (1982) In re APPORTIONMENT LAW APPEARING AS SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 1 E, 1982 SPECIAL APPORTIONMENT SESSION; CONSTITUTIONALITY VEL NON. No. 61933. Supreme Court of Florida. April 26, 1982. On the Merits May 12, 1982. *1042 Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Kendrick Tucker, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Mitchell D. Franks and Gerald B. Curington, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, for Atty. Gen. of the State of Fla., petitioner. Thomas W. McAliley of Beckham & McAliley, Miami, and Neal P. Rutledge,...
422 So. 2d 824 (1982) James Curtis McCRAE, Petitioner, v. Couie L. WAINWRIGHT, Respondent. No. 61865. Supreme Court of Florida. September 14, 1982. Rehearing Denied December 16, 1982. *825 Robert H. Dillinger of Stolba, Lumley & Dillinger, St. Petersburg, for petitioner. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Robert J. Landry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for respondent. PER CURIAM. This cause is before the Court on McCrae's petition for a writ of habeas corpus and a stay of execution. Petitioner is now...
428 So. 2d 222 (1982) Sally LEWIS et al., Petitioners, v. Barnett GUTHARTZ, Respondent. No. 61824. Supreme Court of Florida. December 22, 1982. Rehearing Denied April 12, 1983. Joseph P. Klock, Jr. and Gary T. Stiphany of Steel, Hector & Davis, Miami, and Paul J. Levine of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Miami, for petitioners. Marion E. Sibley of Sibley, Giblin, Levenson & Glaser, Miami Beach, and Joe N. Unger of the Law Offices of Joe N. Unger, Miami, for respondent. EHRLICH, Justice. This cause is...
423 So. 2d 362 (1982) STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Rogelio SOTO, Respondent. No. 61747. Supreme Court of Florida. December 2, 1982. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Leonard L. Elias, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for petitioner. Sam W. Kleinfeld, Miami, for respondent. EHRLICH, Justice. This cause is before the Court pursuant to a question certified by the Third District Court of Appeal to be of great public importance. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, ยง 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. In August 1980, Rogelio Soto...
414 So. 2d 518 (1982) Ernest John DOBBERT, Jr., Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. No. 61732. Supreme Court of Florida. May 13, 1982. *519 Patrick D. Doherty of Gross & Doherty, Clearwater, for petitioner. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Carolyn M. Snurkowski, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent. ALDERMAN, Justice. Ernest John Dobbert, Jr. seeks leave to file a petition for writ of error coram nobis on the basis that he was convicted of the first-degree murder of his daughter,...
410 So. 2d 506 (1982) Arthur F. GOODE, III, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Etc., Respondent. No. 61693. Supreme Court of Florida. February 23, 1982. *507 Wilbur C. Smith, III, of Smith, Carta, Ringsmuth & Kluttz, Fort Myers, for petitioner. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Charles Corces, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for respondent. PER CURIAM. We have for consideration a petition for writ of habeas corpus attacking the competency of petitioner Goode's attorney on appeal from his conviction and...
