591 So. 2d 911 (1991) Leo Alexander JONES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 78907. Supreme Court of Florida. November 14, 1991. Rehearing Denied January 31, 1992. *912 Larry Helm Spalding, Capital Collateral Representative and Thomas H. Dunn, Asst. CCR, Office of Capital Collateral Representative, Tallahassee, for appellant. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Mark C. Menser, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee. PER CURIAM. Leo Alexander Jones, a state prisoner for whom a...
589 So. 2d 260 (1991) Lawton CHILES, etc., et al., Appellants, v. CHILDREN A, B, C, D, E, AND F, etc., Appellees. No. 78792. Supreme Court of Florida. October 29, 1991. *261 J. Hardin Peterson, Gen. Counsel, and Deborah K. Kearney, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Office of the Governor, Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Richard E. Doran, Louis R. Hubener and Charles A. Finkel, Asst. Attys. Gen., and Robert P. Smith, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen. of Hopping, Boyd, Green & Sams, Tallahassee, and Michael J....
592 So. 2d 225 (1991) ADVISORY OPINION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL LIMITED POLITICAL TERMS IN CERTAIN ELECTIVE OFFICES. No. 78647. Supreme Court of Florida. December 19, 1991. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Louis F. Hubener, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Michael L. Rosen and David E. Cardwell of Holland & Knight, Tallahassee, for Citizens For Ltd. Political Terms. Cleta Deatherage Mitchell, Oklahoma City, Okl., for Term Limits Legal Institute, and Richard N. Friedman, Miami, for...
592 So. 2d 668 (1991) DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS REGULATION, DIVISION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO, Petitioner, v. P. Michael RUFF, Etc., Respondent. No. 78279. Supreme Court of Florida. December 19, 1991. Rehearing Denied February 13, 1992. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Joseph C. Mellichamp, III, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Donald D. Conn, Gen. Counsel and John B. Fretwell, Sr. Atty., Dept. of Business Regulation, Tallahassee, for petitioner. P. Michael Ruff, Hearing Officer, in pro. per....
581 So. 2d 583 (1991) Bobby Marion FRANCIS, Petitioner, v. Thomas L. BARTON, Etc., et al., Respondents. Bobby Marion FRANCIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Nos. 78068, 78074. Supreme Court of Florida. June 15, 1991. Certiorari Denied June 25, 1991. Billy H. Nolas and Julie D. Naylor, Ocala, for petitioner/appellant. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Ralph Barreira, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for respondents/appellee. Steven M. Goldstein, Tallahassee, amicus curiae for Volunteer...
586 So. 2d 340 (1991) STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Louie Anthony SELLERS, Respondent. No. 77970. Supreme Court of Florida. October 10, 1991. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Charlie McCoy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for petitioner. Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Glen P. Gifford, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for respondent. PER CURIAM. We have for review Sellers v. State, 578 So. 2d 339 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991), in which the First District Court of Appeal certified direct...
584 So. 2d 5 (1991) Roy Clifton SWAFFORD, Petitioner, v. Harry K. SINGLETARY, Jr., etc., Respondent. No. 77872. Supreme Court of Florida. August 15, 1991. Larry Helm Spalding, Capital Collateral Representative, Martin J. McClain, Chief Asst. CCR and Jerrel E. Phillips, Asst. CCR, Office of the Capital Collateral Representative, Tallahassee, for petitioner. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Barbara Davis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for respondent. PER CURIAM. Roy Swafford, a prisoner...
589 So. 2d 254 (1991) STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Mario KRAJEWSKI, Respondent. No. 77685. Supreme Court of Florida. October 17, 1991. Rehearing Denied December 18, 1991. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Richard E. Doran, Asst. Deputy Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joseph A. Tringali and John Tiedemann, Asst. Attys. Gen., West Palm Beach, for petitioner. Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Tanja Ostapoff, Asst. Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, for...
586 So. 2d 317 (1991) Pedro MEDINA, Petitioner, v. Richard L. DUGGER, Respondent. No. 77634. Supreme Court of Florida. August 22, 1991. Rehearing Denied October 22, 1991. *318 Larry Helm Spalding, Capital Collateral Representative, Martin J. McClain, Chief Asst. CCR and Judith J. Dougherty, Asst. CCR, Office of Capital Collateral Representative, Tallahassee, for petitioner. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Barbara C. Davis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for respondent. PER CURIAM. Pedro...
587 So. 2d 464 (1991) STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Timothy Lee FOX, Respondent. No. 77624. Supreme Court of Florida. October 10, 1991. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Joan Fowler, Bureau Chief, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., and Melynda Melear, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for petitioner. Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Jeffrey Anderson, Asst. Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, for respondent. BARKETT, Justice. We review Fox v. State, 573 So. 2d 962 (...
588 So. 2d 586 (1991) IN RE REPORT OF the COMMISSION ON FAMILY COURTS. No. 77623. Supreme Court of Florida. September 12, 1991. Rehearing Denied November 19, 1991. James R. Stewart, Jr., Circuit Judge, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, *587 Ira Abrams, Chairman, Family Law Section of the Florida Bar, Miami, and Marjorie Head, Plantation, on behalf of the Broward County Coalition for Judicial Awareness, for petitioners. Dale Ross, Chief Judge, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Fort...
583 So. 2d 1373 (1991) PEOPLE AGAINST TAX REVENUE MISMANAGEMENT, INC., et al., Appellants, v. COUNTY OF LEON, FLORIDA, Appellee. No. 77572. Supreme Court of Florida. May 30, 1991. *1374 Kenneth Muszynski, Tallahassee, for appellants. Herbert W.A. Thiele, County Atty. and Michael L. Rosen and Susan L. Turner of Holland & Knight, Tallahassee, for appellee. KOGAN, Justice. We have on appeal on order of the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial Circuit validating a $60 million bond issue for...
581 So. 2d 586 (1991) In re ADVISORY OPINION TO the ATTORNEY GENERAL HOMESTEAD VALUATION LIMITATION. No. 77506. Supreme Court of Florida. July 3, 1991. *587 Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., State of Fla., Tallahassee, for petitioner. Jeffrey R. Garvin and Theodore L. Tripp, Jr., Garvin & Tripp, P.A., Fort Myers, for proponent. GRIMES, Justice. Pursuant to article IV, section 10 of the Florida Constitution and section 16.061, Florida Statutes (1989), the attorney general has asked this Court...
589 So. 2d 283 (1991) In re FORFEITURE OF $104,591 IN U.S. CURRENCY. Lazaro Ruben GONZALEZ, Petitioner, v. METRO DADE POLICE DEPARTMENT, Respondent. No. 77492. Supreme Court of Florida. November 14, 1991. William Cagney, III, Miami, and Edward A. Perse of Perse, P.A. & Ginsberg, P.A., Miami, for petitioner. *284 Arthur F. Nehrbass, Miami, for respondent. OVERTON, Judge. This is a petition to review In re Forfeiture of $104,591 in U.S. Currency, 578 So. 2d 727 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991), in which the...
587 So. 2d 1145 (1991) Quinten L. CLEVELAND, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. No. 77491. Supreme Court of Florida. October 17, 1991. *1146 James B. Gibson, Public Defender and James T. Cook, Asst. Public Defender, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, for petitioner. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and David S. Morgan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for respondent. McDONALD, Justice. We review Cleveland v. State, 574 So. 2d 289 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991), because of direct conflict...
586 So. 2d 340 (1991) Patrick CARTER, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. No. 77434. Supreme Court of Florida. October 10, 1991. Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Tanja Ostapoff, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for petitioner. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Joan Fowler, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Criminal Law, and John Tiedemann, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent. PER CURIAM. We have for review Carter v. State, 571 So. 2d 520 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990),...
577 So. 2d 1312 (1991) In re Inquiry Concerning a Judge No. 89-62, re: TRETTIS, Thomas T. No. 77431. Supreme Court of Florida. April 11, 1991. J. Klein Wigginton, Chairman and Roy T. Rhodes, Gen. Counsel, Tallahassee, and Marvin E. Barkin, Richard W. Candelora and Craig P. Clendinen of Trenam, Simmons, Kemker, Scharf, Barkin, Frye & O'Neill, P.A., Tampa, Sp. Counsel to The Florida Judicial Qualifications Comm'n, for petitioner. Richard T. Earle, Jr. of Earle & Earle, St. Petersburg, for...
579 So. 2d 102 (1991) Charles SKITKA, et al., Petitioners, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. No. 77413. Supreme Court of Florida. May 2, 1991. James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, for petitioners. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent. GRIMES, Justice. We review an order of the Second District Court of Appeal denying the motion of the Public Defender of the Tenth Judicial Circuit to withdraw from the representation of twenty-nine...
588 So. 2d 980 (1991) STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Michael J. PERKO, Respondent. No. 77324. Supreme Court of Florida. October 3, 1991. Rehearing Denied December 2, 1991. *981 Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Joan Fowler, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Bureau Chief and Georgina Jimenez-Orosa, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for petitioner. Michael J. Perko, in pro. per. KOGAN, Justice. We have for review Perko v. State, 574 So. 2d 157 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991) (on rehearing), which certified the...
580 So. 2d 614 (1991) STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. James Howard GILLETTE, Respondent. No. 77241. Supreme Court of Florida. June 13, 1991. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Wendy Buffington and Peggy A. Quince, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tampa, for petitioner. Dwight M. Wells, Tampa, for respondent. PER CURIAM. We granted review of Gillette v. State, 571 So. 2d 600 , 600 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990), to answer the following certified question of great public importance: When a double jeopardy violation...
