498 So. 2d 414 (1986) Walter Gale STEINHORST, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 69659. Supreme Court of Florida. November 26, 1986. Larry Helm Spalding, Capital Collateral Representative and Mark Evan Olive, Litigation Coordinator, Office of the Capital Collateral Representative, Tallahassee, and Stephen D. Alexander of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York City, for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Kurt L. Barch, Gregory G. Costas and Raymond L. Marky, Asst. Attys....
497 So. 2d 1209 (1986) Theodore Robert BUNDY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Theodore Robert BUNDY, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Etc., et al., Respondents. Nos. 69615, 69616. Supreme Court of Florida. November 17, 1986. *1210 Polly J. Nelson and James E. Coleman, Jr. of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., for appellant/petitioner. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Raymond L. Marky, Mark C. Menser and John Koenig, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee/respondents....
497 So. 2d 872 (1986) Nollie Lee MARTIN, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Etc., et al., Respondents. No. 69608. Supreme Court of Florida. November 13, 1986. *873 Larry Helm Spalding, Capital Collateral Representative and Michael A. Mello, Asst. Capital Collateral Representative, Office of the Capital Collateral Representative, Tallahassee, for petitioner. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Joy B. Shearer, Richard G. Bartmon, Carolyn V. McCann and Georgina Jimenez-Orosa, Asst. Attys. Gen., West Palm...
497 So. 2d 643 (1986) In re EMERGENCY AMENDMENT TO FLORIDA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (RULE 3.811, COMPETENCY TO BE EXECUTED). No. 69607. Supreme Court of Florida. November 13, 1986. PER CURIAM. In light of Ford v. Wainwright, _ U.S. _, 106 S. Ct. 2595 , 91 L. Ed. 2d 335 (1986), Governor Graham asked this Court to consider promulgating a rule of criminal procedure regarding competency to be executed. Pursuant to the Court's request, the Criminal Law Section of the Florida Bar is currently...
498 So. 2d 923 (1986) George LEMON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 69568. Supreme Court of Florida. December 11, 1986. Rehearing Denied January 5, 1987. Larry Helm Spalding, Capital Collateral Representative, Mark E. Olive, Litigation Director, Billy H. Nolas and Lissa J. Gardner, Office of the Capital Collateral Representative, Tallahassee, for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Katherine V. Blanco and Peggy A. Quince, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tampa, for appellee. PER CURIAM. George...
497 So. 2d 239 (1986) In re AMENDMENT OF FLORIDA EVIDENCE CODE. No. 69545. Supreme Court of Florida. October 30, 1986. *240 PER CURIAM. This Court has the power and authority to adopt rules of court practice and procedure pursuant to article V, section 2(a) of the Florida Constitution. Recent amendments to the Florida Evidence Code can be found in chapter 85-53, Laws of Florida, effective date July 1, 1985. The Florida Evidence Code is both substantive and procedural in nature. In re Florida...
496 So. 2d 136 (1986) Willie Jasper DARDEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 69481. Supreme Court of Florida. October 16, 1986. Robert Augustus Harper, Jr., Tallahassee, and Larry Helm Spalding, Capital Collateral Representative, Mark E. Olive, Litigation Coordinator, and James C. Lohman of the Office of Capital Collateral Representative, Tallahassee, for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Richard W. Prospect, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee. PER CURIAM. Willie...
497 So. 2d 1204 (1986) John F. CARROLL, et al., Petitioners, v. George FIRESTONE, Etc., et al., Respondents. Thomas C. TODD, et al., Appellants, v. George FIRESTONE, Etc., et al., Appellees. Nos. 69410, 69426. Supreme Court of Florida. November 13, 1986. *1205 Joseph W. Little, in pro. per., Gainesville, and Robert T. Mann, in pro. per., Gainesville, for John F. Carroll, Joseph W. Little, and Robert T. Mann, Taxpayers and Citizens of Florida. Herbert R. Kraft, Tallahassee, for Thomas C. Todd...
495 So. 2d 164 (1986) Roy Allen STEWART, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 69387. Supreme Court of Florida. October 1, 1986. Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit and Robin H. Greene, Special Asst. Public Defender, Coral Gables, for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Calvin L. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for appellee. *165 PER CURIAM. Stewart, currently under a death warrant, appeals the trial court's denial of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3....
498 So. 2d 857 (1986) Allen Lee DAVIS, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, etc., et al., Respondents. No. 69356. Supreme Court of Florida. September 22, 1986. Opinion October 30, 1986. Rehearing Denied January 5, 1987. Larry Helm Spalding, Capital Collateral Representative, and Mark E. Olive, Litigation Coordinator, Office of the Capital Collateral Representative, Tallahassee, for petitioner. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Gregory G. Costas, Andrea Smith Hillyer and Raymond L. Marky, Asst. Attys....
496 So. 2d 796 (1986) Kenneth Wayne HARDWICK, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Etc., et al., Respondents. No. 69355. Supreme Court of Florida. September 22, 1986. Opinion October 23, 1986. *797 Larry Helm Spalding, Capital Collateral Representative, Mark E. Olive, Litigation Coordinator, and David Milford, Asst. Capital Collateral Representative of the Office of the Capital Collateral Representative, Tallahassee, for petitioner. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Charles Corces, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen.,...
494 So. 2d 489 (1986) Roy Allen STEWART, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Etc., et al., Respondents. No. 69338. Supreme Court of Florida. September 25, 1986. *490 Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, and Robin H. Greene, Spec. Asst. Public Defender, Coral Gables, for petitioner. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Calvin L. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for respondents. PER CURIAM. Stewart, a state prisoner under sentence of death for whom a second death warrant has...
498 So. 2d 424 (1986) John W. TAYLOR, et al., Appellants, v. LEE COUNTY, Florida, Appellee. No. 69174. Supreme Court of Florida. December 4, 1986. Steven Carta of Simpson, Henderson, Savage & Carta, Fort Myers, for appellants. James G. Yeager, Lee County Atty., Fort Myers, and Robert L. Nabors and Gregory T. Stewart of Nabors, Giblin, Steffens & Nickerson, P.A., Tallahassee, for appellee. *425 McDONALD, Chief Justice. Taylor and several other Lee County taxpayers appeal a circuit court order...
495 So. 2d 183 (1986) STATE of Florida, Etc., Appellant, v. DIVISION OF BOND FINANCE, Etc., Appellee. No. 69087. Supreme Court of Florida. October 9, 1986. William N. Meggs, State Atty., Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for appellant. Raymond K. Petty of Division of Bond Finance, Tallahassee, for appellee. McDONALD, Chief Justice. The state appeals a trial court order validating a bond issuance by a state agency. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(2), Florida...
493 So. 2d 1013 (1986) John J. PEPIN, Appellant, v. DIVISION OF BOND FINANCE, Etc., Appellee. No. 69046. Supreme Court of Florida. September 4, 1986. J. Christy Wilson and Alan E. Deserio of Brigham, Moore, Gaylord, Schuster & Sachs, Tallahassee, for appellant. Glenn R. Hosken, Div. of Bond Finance, Tallahassee, for appellee. McDONALD, Chief Justice. Pepin appeals a final judgment validating the issuance of $800,000,000 in revenue bonds to be used in financing an extension of the Orlando-Orange...
491 So. 2d 532 (1986) Robert Lacy PARKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 68987. Supreme Court of Florida. July 8, 1986. Robert J. Link, Jacksonville, for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Henri C. Cawthon and Mark C. Menser, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee. PER CURIAM. The appellant, Robert Lacy Parker, was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder, and one count of third-degree murder, and was sentenced to death. We affirmed the convictions and sentences....
497 So. 2d 1185 (1986) Gerald Eugene STANO, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 68982. Supreme Court of Florida. October 16, 1986. Rehearing Denied December 22, 1986. Larry Helm Spalding, Capital Collateral Representative, and Mark Evan Olive, Litigation *1186 Director, Office of the Capital Collateral Representative, Tallahassee, for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Margene A. Roper, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee. PER CURIAM. Stano, a Florida prisoner for whom a...
490 So. 2d 1258 (1986) Theodore Robert BUNDY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 68976. Supreme Court of Florida. June 30, 1986. James E. Coleman, Jr. and Polly J. Nelson of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Gregory Costas, Andrea Smith Hillyer and Raymond L. Marky, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee. BOYD, Chief Justice. Theodore Robert Bundy appeals the denial of his motion to vacate judgment and sentence. Bundy is a...
490 So. 2d 1257 (1986) Theodore Robert BUNDY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 68960. Supreme Court of Florida. June 26, 1986. James E. Coleman, Jr. and Polly J. Nelson of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Gregory Costas, Andrea Smith Hillyer and Raymond L. Marky, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee. PER CURIAM Finding that no motion for post-conviction relief under rule 3.850 has been filed, we affirm the circuit court'...
496 So. 2d 820 (1986) THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant, v. Laura R. MORRISON, Respondent. No. 68936. Supreme Court of Florida. October 30, 1986. John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director and John T. Berry, Staff Counsel, Tallahassee, and Richard B. Liss, Bar Counsel and Jacquelyn Plasner Needelman, Branch Staff Counsel, Ft. Lauderdale, for complainant. William C. Purcell, Ft. Lauderdale, for respondent. PER CURIAM. This disciplinary proceeding is before us on complaint of The Florida Bar,...
