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Whitehead v. Whitehead (1939)

Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Oct. 06, 1939 Citations: 140 Fla. 197, 191 So. 434

Appellee secured a divorce from appellant on constructive service. Appellant moved to vacate the final decree which was granted. On rehearing after the taking of testimony and argument of counsel, the chancellor reinstated the final decree. This appeal is from the latter decree. *Page 198 Four questions are urged for reversal but as we see the issues, the only questions necessary to be answered are that of jurisdiction and whether or not the evidence was sufficient to support the final decree. Th..

SC14-193 Angelo Atwell v. State of Florida (2016)

Supreme Court of Florida Filed: May 26, 2016

Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC14-193 _ ANGELO ATWELL, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. [May 26, 2016] PARIENTE, J. Angelo Atwell was sixteen years old when, in August 1990, he committed armed robbery and first-degree murder. Under the statute then in effect, Atwell was sentenced for the first-degree murder to a mandatory term of life imprisonment, with the possibility of parole after twenty-five years, and was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for th..

SC14-842 Jermaine C. Jackson v. State of Florida (2016)

Supreme Court of Florida Filed: May 05, 2016

Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC14-842 _ JERMAINE C. JACKSON, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. [May 5, 2016] QUINCE, J. This case is before the Court for review of the decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Jackson v. State, 137 So. 3d 470 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014). Because the district court expressly declared a state statute valid, this Court has jurisdiction to review the decision. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. Appellant, Jermaine Jackson, was convicted of one count of..

SC14-274 and SC14-1952 Jean Claude Noel v. State of Florida and Jean Claude Noel v. State of Florida (2016)

Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Apr. 21, 2016

Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC14-274 _ JEAN CLAUDE NOEL, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. _ No. SC14-1952 _ JEAN CLAUDE NOEL, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. [April 21, 2016] PER CURIAM. This case is before the Court for review of the en banc decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Noel v. State, 127 So. 3d 769 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013) (en banc), which certified that its decision is in direct conflict with the decision of the Fifth District Court of Appeal in ..

SC14-746 Sidney Norvil, Jr. v. State of Florida (2016)

Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Apr. 28, 2016

Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC14-746 _ SIDNEY NORVIL, Jr., Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. [April 28, 2016] PERRY, J. Sidney Norvil, Jr., seeks review of the decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Norvil v. State, 162 So. 3d 3 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014), on the ground that it expressly and directly conflicts with Yisrael v. State, 65 So. 3d 1177 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011), Mirutil v. State, 30 So. 3d 588 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010), and Gray v. State, 964 So. 2d 884 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007), on t..

SC13-687 Gerardo Guzman v. State of Florida (2016)

Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Jan. 28, 2016

Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC13-687 _ GERARDO GUZMAN, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. [January 28, 2016] PERRY, J. This case is before the Court for review of the decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Guzman v. State, 110 So. 3d 480 , 481 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013). In its decision, the Fourth District certified two questions of great public importance: 1. DOES GRAHAM V. FLORIDA, 560 U.S. 48 , 130 S. Ct. 2011 , 176 L. Ed. 2d 825 (2010), APPLY TO LENGTHY TERM–OF– YEARS SENT..

SC13-66 Robert Lundberg v. State of Florida (2014)

Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Jun. 26, 2014

Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC13-66 _ ROBERT LUNDBERG, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. [June 26, 2014] PER CURIAM. We initially accepted review of the decision in Lundberg v. State, 127 So. 3d 562 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012), based on express and direct conflict. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. Upon further consideration, we conclude that jurisdiction was improvidently granted. Accordingly, we hereby discharge jurisdiction and dismiss this review proceeding. It is so ordered. POLSTON,..

SC12-1932 Kemar Rochester v. State of Florida (2014)

Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Jun. 05, 2014

Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC12-1932 _ KEMAR ROCHESTER, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. [June 5, 2014] PER CURIAM. This case is before the Court for review of the Fourth District Court of Appeal’s decision in Rochester v. State, 95 So. 3d 407 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012), which the Fourth District certified is in direct conflict with the decision of the Second District Court of Appeal in Montgomery v. State, 36 So. 3d 188 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010). 1 For the reasons explained below, we approve ..

SC11-1164 Brett Fenster v. State of Florida (2014)

Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Mar. 20, 2014

Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC11-1164 _ BRETT FENSTER, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. [March 20, 2014] LABARGA, J. We have for review Fenster v. State, 61 So. 3d 465 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011), in which the Fourth District Court of Appeal cited as authority its decision in Williams v. State, 40 So. 3d 72 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010), quashed, 123 So. 3d 23 (Fla. 2013). At the time the Fourth District issued its decision in Fenster, Williams was pending review in this Court. We have jurisdiction..

SC02-1590 Boyd v. State (2005)

Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Jun. 16, 2005

910 So. 2d 167 (2005) Lucious BOYD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. SC02-1590. Supreme Court of Florida. February 10, 2005. As Revised on Denial of Rehearing June 16, 2005. Rehearing Denied August 24, 2005. *174 Carol Stafford Haughwout, Public Defender, and Gary Lee Caldwell, Assistant Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, FL, for Appellant. Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, and Leslie T. Campbell, Assistant Attorney General, West Pal..

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