Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of April 15 - 19, 2019

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Hall v. Fla DOC - AEDPA

US v. Johnson - search & seizure

US v. Corbett - sentencing

US v. Gordillo - sentencing

A&M Gerber Chiropractic v. GEICO - standing, class certification, insurance

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

Glass v. Nationstar - mandate recalled, jurisdiction discharged

Halifax Hosp v. State - bond validation, hospital construction

Orange Cnty v. Singh - mandate recalled, county elections, home rule

In re Judge Kollra - judicial discipline

Jackson v. DeSantis - quo warranto, county officer suspension

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

Casey v. State - pro se sanctions

Rogers v. State - sentencing

Kruse v. State - license suspension, psychotherapist

Casasanta v. Sailshare - opinion requested, exculpatory clause, dangerous condition

Russell v. State - impeachment evidence, opening door

In re Estate of Bunda - certiorari, vacating probate order

Bradley v. State - sentencing

Reinard v. State - aggravated child abuse

Second District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Whitham v. State - Stand Your Ground, certified conflict

Pelphrey-Weigand v. Weigand - marital dissolution, fees, res judicata

Marco Marine v. Kopras - settlement proposal, maritime law, en banc

Dagan v. State - sentencing, memo of sentence, snapout

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

JA v. Housel - habeas corpus

McGlocklin v. State - pro se sanctions

Leon v. Supreme Constr - failure to prosecute

Alvarez v. State Farm - insured, material misrepresentation

Benitez v. Benitez - judicial disqualification

Adv Sys v. Gotham Ins - insurance, duty to defend

Safepoint Ins v. Sousa - appraisal

Rodriguez v. Stanfield - summary affirmance

Miami-Dade MRI v. United Auto - second-tier certiorari, insurance, fees

Evans v. State - habeas corpus, ineffective assistance

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

Lacue v. State - sentencing

Stubbs v. State - similar fact evidence

Rutledge v. State - collateral estoppel, double jeopardy

Johnson v. State - confession, voluntariness

American Airlines v. Cimino - certiorari, privilege

Maguire-Ress v. Stettner - summary judgment

Brown v. State - forfeiture of gain time

Levy v. Levy - non-dissolution alimony

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Restal v. Nocera - rear-end collision, summary judgment, comparative fault

Slinger v. State - sentencing

CalAtlantic v. Dau - contract language re fees

Jenkins v. State - untimely appeal

State v. Griffin - incest, dismissal

State v. Wilson - probable cause, traffic stop

Freeman v. State - involuntary commitment

Mitchell v. State - habeas corpus

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