1,935 Florida cases classified under this topic, plus 1,522 listed through its narrower topics · sorted by citation count · see the citation graph · browse and sort
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-09-22
Vernord Lavon Bright, a 19-year-old convicted of sexual battery and sexual battery with a deadly weapon, filed a federal habeas petition challenging his life sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, raising nine grounds including claims of excluded evidence, judicial bias, ineffective as
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-09-22
Zeigler, a Florida prisoner convicted of first-degree murder in the death of a two-year-old child, sought federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his conviction on grounds of insufficient evidence, trial court errors, and ineffective assistance of counsel. The di
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A trial court properly orders disclosure of a confidential informant's identity when a defendant is charged with selling or delivering controlled substances to that informant and the informant was the sole participant in the transaction, as such disclosure is required by the defe
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-08-15
David Disdier challenged his state convictions for racketeering conspiracy, drug trafficking conspiracy, and related offenses on federal habeas review, but the district court found most of his claims procedurally defaulted and rejected his ineffective assistance of counsel claims
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Mario Cardenas petitioned for federal habeas corpus relief challenging his state court convictions for conspiracy to purchase cocaine and attempted cocaine trafficking, claiming the trial court violated his rights by denying disclosure of a confidential informant's identity and a
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-08-07
An inmate serving a life sentence for seven counts of sexual battery challenged his conviction through a federal habeas petition, claiming his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to hearsay testimony, failing to challenge a victim's identification, and failing to
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-08-02
A federal district court denied an inmate's habeas corpus petition challenging his 2014 Florida conviction for lewd and lascivious battery on a minor, rejecting seven grounds claiming ineffective assistance of trial counsel and trial court error. The court applied the highly defe
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-08-02
Herman Paul Solano sought federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his St. Johns County convictions for violations of pretrial release, aggravated battery, false imprisonment, shooting into a building, and burglary with an assault or battery. The court denied all
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-07-20
The court held that the petitioner's claims were either not cognizable in federal habeas corpus, procedurally barred due to failure to properly present them in state court, or failed on the merits.
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Fla. 3d DCA·
2023-07-12
The appellate court denied Jean Gerome's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The court found that each of the six issues raised in the petition should have been addressed in prior proceedings, such as direct appeal or post-conviction relief motions, and therefore were not cogni
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Fla. 3d DCA·
2023-07-12
A successive habeas corpus petition must be denied when all six grounds for relief should have been raised either on direct appeal or in a Rule 3.850 post-conviction motion, and habeas corpus cannot be used to circumvent applicable procedural time limits or to relitigate previous
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-06-13
A Florida jury convicted Damien Freeman of attempted first-degree murder based on evidence including the victim's in-court identification, DNA evidence placing Freeman at the crime scene, and firearms analysis, and Freeman's subsequent federal habeas petition challenging fifteen
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-06-09
Chris Leonard Thornes, an inmate in Florida's prison system, filed a federal habeas corpus petition challenging his 2014 conviction for aggravated assault and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, raising claims including insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance o
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Shaun Whitt, a Florida inmate convicted in 2014 of sexual battery against a minor, petitioned for federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, raising five claims including exclusion of evidence about prior abuse, ineffective assistance of counsel regarding his decision n
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S.D. Fla.·
2023-04-06
Eduardo Ravelo appealed his 2016 conviction for defrauding an elderly victim, raising claims that trial errors—including hearsay testimony, jury panel problems, burden-shifting evidence, and corpus delicti violations—violated his constitutional rights, as well as claims of ineffe
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S.D. Fla.·
2023-03-09
The court denied the motion to vacate, finding that the movant's prior drug convictions qualified as serious drug offenses under the ACCA and that his prior offenses were committed on different occasions.
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-03-02
The court held that the state court's decisions were not contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law and were based on reasonable factual determinations, thus denying the petition for writ of habeas corpus.
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-02-15
The court held that the prisoner's motion to vacate his convictions and sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 should be denied because his claims lack merit, are procedurally barred, or are procedurally defaulted.
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-02-14
Pasquale Morganti, a Florida inmate, filed a federal habeas petition challenging his 2013 convictions for burglary and grand theft, raising nine claims including allegations of insufficient evidence, ineffective assistance of trial and appellate counsel, and various trial errors.
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S.D. Fla.·
2023-02-03
The court held that it lacks subject-matter jurisdiction to consider the movant's motion because it is an unauthorized second or successive petition for collateral review.
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-01-23
The court held that the state court's decision admitting the 911 recording was not contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law, and that the claims of ineffective assistance of counsel were either procedurally defaulted or lacked merit.
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56 F.4th 1314·
11th Cir.·
2023-01-06
The court held that the transfer of photos from a phone to a hard drive constitutes 'production' under 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) when the hard drive was manufactured overseas, satisfying the interstate commerce element. The court also held that the defendant had no right to be present
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Fla. 5th DCA·
2022-12-22
The admission of hearsay testimony regarding drug weight from analysts lacking personal knowledge but relying on chemists' reports was harmless error because the investigating officer testified to purchasing specific quantities based on the defendant's representations. The State'
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S.D. Fla.·
2022-12-09
The court held that the movant failed to demonstrate ineffective assistance of counsel or prosecutorial misconduct, and therefore denied his motion to vacate.
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Fla. 4th DCA·
2022-11-30
The appellate court held that admitting a toxicology report without the author's testimony violated the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause. However, the conviction was affirmed because the defendant's objection at trial was only for hearsay, not a specific Confrontation Clause
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S.D. Fla.·
2022-10-20
The court adopted the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation, finding that the petitioner's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and challenges to his sentence were without merit.
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A court of equity may relieve against statutory penalties and fines imposed by lower courts when the party fined was not actually injured by the officer's neglect, and the penalty is grossly disproportionate to any actual harm suffered.
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An acting governor lacks authority to issue a tax exemption and subsidy certificate for a business category not authorized under the current tax exemption statute, and mere filing of an application under a prior repealed statute does not create a vested right to exemption benefit
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-09-22
The court denied the petitioner's habeas corpus claims, finding that his trial counsel was not ineffective under the Strickland standard.
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Fla. 4th DCA·
2022-08-17
A confession alone is insufficient to establish the corpus delicti of driving without a valid driver's license; the State must present independent evidence showing the defendant drove without a license. The trial court abused its discretion in overruling the corpus delicti object
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-08-11
Inmate Foreman, convicted of lewd and lascivious molestation of a child, sought federal habeas relief challenging the admissibility and reliability of child hearsay testimony presented by the victim's parents and a Child Protection Team member. The federal district court denied r
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-08-02
The district court correctly denied Petitioner David Guzman's amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The court found that Guzman failed to demonstrate that the state appellate court's denial of his claims of ineffective assistance of appellate counse
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The federal court denied the petition for writ of habeas corpus, finding no unreasonable application of federal law or unreasonable determination of facts by the state court regarding ineffective assistance of counsel claims.
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-07-26
The court held that the petitioner's claims did not meet the standard for federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, as the state court decisions were not contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law, nor based on an unreasonable determination of facts.
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The Florida Supreme Court adopted amendments to the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, and Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms to authorize permanent and broader remote conduct of certain court proceedings in delinquency, depen
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S.D. Fla.·
2022-07-07
The court held that the medical examiner's reliance on a toxicology report for the purpose of explaining his opinion did not violate the Confrontation Clause, and therefore adopted the magistrate judge's recommendation to deny the habeas petition.
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Fla. 3d DCA·
2022-06-29
This case addresses whether juvenile delinquency hearings conducted remotely via videoconferencing violate a juvenile's due process right to confrontation. The court held that such remote appearances require case-specific findings of necessity to ensure fundamental fairness and r
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Fla. 3d DCA·
2022-06-29
Four juveniles appealed delinquency adjudications conducted remotely via videoconferencing during the COVID-19 pandemic without case-specific findings of necessity. The Third District Court of Appeal held that due process protections, including the right to confrontation, require
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The court held that juvenile delinquency adjudicatory hearings conducted remotely via videoconferencing, without case-specific findings of necessity, violate a juvenile's due process right to confrontation. The court reversed the delinquency findings and remanded for new hearings
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M.D., a juvenile, appeals from an adjudicatory hearing conducted remotely via Zoom over his objection, challenging whether the remote proceeding violated his constitutional right to confrontation and right to be present. The court reversed and remanded, holding that due process r
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13th Cir. Ct. App. Div.·
2022-06-08
Scott Smith's petition for writ of certiorari challenges his driver's license suspension following a DUI arrest on the ground that he was denied procedural due process when the hearing officer refused to subpoena the arresting officer on her own initiative, despite Smith being un
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N.D. Fla.·
2022-06-07
The court accepted the Magistrate Judge's report and recommendation, denying the petitioner's amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
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S.D. Fla.·
2022-06-07
Tyshon Renford's federal habeas petition challenging his Florida state-court conviction for armed kidnapping, robbery with a firearm, and armed carjacking was dismissed as to one claim for failure to exhaust state remedies and denied as to two remaining claims on the merits. The
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Del. Super. Ct.·
2022-06-06
The Delaware Superior Court denied Edward Benson's motion for postconviction relief, finding that his claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and other errors were either procedurally barred, waived by his guilty plea, or factually unsubstantiated. The court emphasized that a
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-06-03
William St. Claire sought federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, claiming constitutional violations at his trial for aggravated assault with a firearm, including denial of funds for a communications expert, improper exclusion of evidence regarding his reasons for visiting
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-06-01
The court held that the state appellate court's adjudication of the petitioner's claims was neither contrary to, nor an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law, nor based on an unreasonable determination of the facts.
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-05-20
Christopher Dean Thomas challenged a 2010 Duval County conviction for four counts of armed robbery through a federal habeas petition, raising claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel, Brady violations, and newly discovered evidence. The federal district court denied the
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Del. Super. Ct.·
2022-04-29
The court granted the defendant's motion for postconviction relief, finding that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to file a motion to suppress evidence obtained from an illegal seizure. The court held that the anonymous 911 call did not provide reasonable articulable sus
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M.M., a juvenile, appeals his adjudication for carrying a concealed firearm, challenging both the denial of his motion to suppress and the trial court's decision to conduct the adjudicatory hearing via Zoom. The court affirmed the suppression ruling but reversed and remanded rega
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-03-31
The court denied the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, finding all grounds procedurally barred due to failure to exhaust state remedies.