Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC15-98 _ IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA RULES OF JUVENILE PROCEDURE. [September 17, 2015] PER CURIAM. We have for consideration the regular-cycle report of proposed amendments to the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure filed by The Florida Bar’s Juvenile Court Rules Committee (Committee). See Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.140(b)(4). We have jurisdiction1 and amend the rules as proposed. BACKGROUND The Committee proposes amendments to Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure...
Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC15-97 _ IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 9.210. [August 27, 2015] PER CURIAM. The Court has for consideration out-of-cycle amendments to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.210 (Briefs) proposed by The Florida Bar’s Appellate Court Rules Committee (Rules Committee). See Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.140(e). We have jurisdiction1 and adopt the amendments as proposed. The proposals were approved by the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar and...
Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC15-96 _ IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA RULES OF TRAFFIC COURT. [June 4, 2015] PER CURIAM. We have for consideration the regular-cycle report of proposed amendments to the Florida Rules of Traffic Court filed by The Florida Bar’s Traffic Court Rules Committee (Committee). See Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.140(b)(4). We have jurisdiction1 and adopt all but one of the Committee’s proposed amendments. BACKGROUND The Committee proposes amendments to Florida Rules of...
Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC15-944 _ IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE FOR RESOLVING PROFESSIONALISM COMPLAINTS. [September 10, 2015] PER CURIAM. The Court, on its own motion, amends the Code for Resolving Professionalism Complaints (Code). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 15, Fla. Const. We amend the provisions in the Code addressing the “Standards of Professionalism” to replace references to “The Florida Bar Ideals and Goals of Professionalism” with “The Florida Bar Professionalism...
Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC15-865 _ INQUIRY CONCERNING A JUDGE, NO. 14-482 RE: VICTORIA L. GRIFFIN. [June 18, 2015] PER CURIAM. We have for review a stipulation between the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission (“JQC”) and Judge Victoria L. Griffin, as well as the JQC’s findings and recommendation that Judge Griffin be publicly reprimanded for violating the Code of Judicial Conduct. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 12, Fla. Const. “[A]t the inception of her judicial campaign,...
Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC15-802 _ IN RE: AMENDMENT TO RULE 1-26 OF THE RULES OF THE SUPREME COURT RELATING TO ADMISSIONS TO THE BAR. [May 28, 2015] PER CURIAM. On the Court’s own motion, the Court considers amending the Rules of the Supreme Court Relating to Admissions to the Bar. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 15, Fla. Const. In 1997, the Court adopted Rule 1-26, “Liaison Committee,” of the Rules of the Supreme Court Relating to Admissions to the Bar. See Amends. to Rules of the...
Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC15-780 _ ADVISORY OPINION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RE: LIMITS OR PREVENTS BARRIERS TO LOCAL SOLAR ELECTRICITY SUPPLY. _ No. SC15-890 _ ADVISORY OPINION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RE: LIMITS OR PREVENTS BARRIERS TO LOCAL SOLAR ELECTRICITY SUPPLY (FINANCIAL IMPACT STATEMENT). [October 22, 2015] PER CURIAM. The Attorney General of Florida has petitioned this Court for an advisory opinion as to the validity of a citizen initiative amendment to the Florida Constitution,...
Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC15-770 _ JASON A. YEGGE, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. [December 10, 2015] PER CURIAM. Petitioner, Jason A. Yegge, sought review of the Second District Court of Appeal’s decision in Yegge v. State, No. 2D12-4193, 40 Fla. L. Weekly D874 (Fla. 2d DCA April 15, 2015), which certified conflict with the Fourth District Court of Appeal’s decision in Blacker v. State, 49 So. 3d 785 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010). After Blacker, the Fourth District published its...
Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC15-765 _ IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 9.200. [November 12, 2015] PER CURIAM. This Court, on its own motion, amended Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.200 (The Record) to provide for mandatory statewide electronic records on appeal and requested comments regarding the amended rule. See In re Amends. to Rule of App. Pro. 9.200, 164 So. 3d 668 (Fla. 2015). Comments were filed by the Staff Attorneys of the Second District Court of Appeal, the...
Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC15-765 _ IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 9.200. [May 14, 2015] PER CURIAM. This Court, on its own motion, amends Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.200 (The Record), effective October 1, 2015, to implement mandatory statewide electronic records on appeal. See Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.140(d). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const. BACKGROUND In 2012, this Court amended rule 9.200 to address the electronic transmission of the record...
Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC15-761 _ BRIAN M. CASEY, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. [October 29, 2015] PER CURIAM. Brian M. Casey, an inmate in state custody, filed a pro se petition for writ of mandamus with this Court.1 His petition in this case is the thirty-sixth extraordinary writ petition or notice he has filed with this Court since 2011. We denied Casey’s petition in this case and, in doing so, expressly retained jurisdiction to pursue possible sanctions against him....
Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC15-75 _ IN RE: AMENDMENT TO THE CODE FOR RESOLVING PROFESSIONALISM COMPLAINTS. [January 29, 2015] PER CURIAM. In 2013 the Court adopted the Code for Resolving Professionalism Complaints (Code), after considering the request of the Supreme Court of Florida Commission on Professionalism. See In re Code for Resolving Professionalism Complaints, 116 So. 3d 280 (Fla. 2013). The Code provides a process to address attorney professionalism issues at a crucial point,...
Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC15-687 _ IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO RULE REGULATING THE FLORIDA BAR 10-9.1. [October 15, 2015] PER CURIAM. The Court, on its own motion, amends Rule 10-9.1 (Procedures for Issuance of Advisory Opinions on the Unlicensed Practice of Law) of the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar (Bar Rules). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 15, Fla. Const. In our opinion in The Florida Bar Re: Advisory Opinion – Scharrer v. Fundamental Administrative Services, No. SC14-1730 (Fla. Oct....
Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC15-601 _ IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO RULE OF THE SUPREME COURT RELATING TO ADMISSIONS TO THE BAR 1-22.2. [October 22, 2015] PER CURIAM. This matter is before the Court for consideration of an amendment to the Rule of the Supreme Court Relating to Admissions to the Bar 1-22.2 (Attorney Members; Appointments) proposed by the Florida Board of Bar Examiners (Board). See Fla. Bar Admiss. R. 1-12.1 We have jurisdiction2 and amend the rule as proposed. 1. The Florida Bar was...
Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC15-497 _ IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA RULES OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION—NEW RULE 2.340. [September 10, 2015] PER CURIAM. The Court, on its own motion, adopts new Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.340 (Judicial Attire) to govern judges’ attire during judicial proceedings.1 The demeanor of judges in a public courtroom, including the attire they wear there, is a crucial indicator of the seriousness of the judicial office and of the proceedings. In this...
Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC15-44 _ IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT APPROVED FAMILY LAW FORMS. [November 19, 2015] PER CURIAM. This matter is before the Court for consideration of amendments to the Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const. Under Amendments to the Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure & Family Law Forms, 810 So. 2d 1 , 13-14 (Fla. 2000), the Court internally reviews and maintains the Florida Supreme...
Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC15-44 _ IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT APPROVED FAMILY LAW FORMS. [March 26, 2015] PER CURIAM. Pursuant to the procedures approved by this Court in Amendments to the Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure & Family Law Forms, 810 So. 2d 1 , 14 (Fla. 2000), this Court has internally reviewed the Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms and has determined that amendments to the existing forms are needed in light of the implementation of e-...
Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC15-368 _ IN RE: STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES— REPORT NO. 2015-01. [September 24, 2015] PER CURIAM. The Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases (Committee) has submitted a report proposing amendments to ten existing standard criminal jury instructions and the addition of one new instruction. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const. The Committee proposes amending existing instructions 20.3 – Welfare...
Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC15-339 _ IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO THE SUPREME COURT APPROVED FAMILY LAW FORMS. [April 23, 2015] PER CURIAM. Pursuant to the procedures approved by this Court in Amendments to the Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure & Family Law Forms, 810 So. 2d 1 , 14 (Fla. 2000), this Court has internally reviewed the Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms and has determined that amendments to form 12.980(n), Petition for an Injunction for Protection Against Dating...
Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC15-312 _ INQUIRY CONCERNING A JUDGE, NOS. 14-299, 14-415 RE: JACQUELINE SCHWARTZ. [September 10, 2015] PER CURIAM. In this case, we review the revised consent judgment entered into by the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC) and Eleventh Judicial Circuit Judge Jacqueline Schwartz. The revised consent judgment imposes the following sanctions upon Judge Schwartz: a public reprimand before this Court, a thirty-day suspension without pay, a requirement...
