Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of April 6 - 10, 2020

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

US v. Oliver - sentencing, ACCA
US v. Maher - conspiracy, continuing offenses
In re Bay Circle Props - standing
US v. Caniff - notice seeking child pornography
Lawson-Ross v. Great Lakes Higher Ed - Higher Ed Act, preemption

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

In re COVID-19 - bar rules, amendments

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

Risech v. State - witness harassment; peremptory strike, preservation
Hudson v. State - premeditation
MTGLQ Inv v. Moore - foreclosure, unclean hands
Russell v. Russell - marital dissolution
Thrift v. State - vehicular homicide, intent
Lyons v. State - sentencing
Davis v. State - search and seizure
Simmons v. State - postconviction relief
Cabezas v. Corcoran - educator certificate, administrative review
Pumphrey v. DCF - Medicaid, administrative review, due process
Hernandez-Paz v. State - attempted sexual battery
OG v. State - juvenile sentencing
Timmons v. Lake City Golf - arbitration, confirmation; final judgment
Toliver v. State - postconviction relief
Sinclair v. Pease - appellate jurisdiction

Second District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Porter v. Chronister - post-judgment jurisdiction
Bryan v. State - probation revocation

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

HMC Assets v. Williams - foreclosure, res judicata
Miami Bch v. Fla Gas - appellate jurisdiction
Humes v. Solanki - pro se sanctions, due process
Ruozzi v. Wulff - appellate jurisdiction
Zaidman v. Zaidman - probate, competing wills
Granoff & Kessler v. Glass - attorney's fees, expert testimony
Rhonda Hollander PA v. Adrien - certiorari, litigation privilege, collection
AD v. DCF - dependency
Moskovits v. MTGLQ Inv - foreclosure, standing, leave to amend
Katz-Luongo v. Amortegui - service of process

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

Kramer v. State - self-incrimination
Dean v. State - resentencing
Graham v. Randolph Constr Gp - fundamental error
Drennan v. State - competency, written order
Bruni v. State - competency
Publix v. Olivares - disqualification
Sun Coast Nursing Centers v. Littman - personal jurisdiction
State v. Fredericks - warrantless vehicle search
Washington v. State - sentencing

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Fruehwirth v. State - sentence; certified conflict, certified question
Charles v. State - burglary, costs
Conley v. State - Anders appeal, costs
Silsby v. State - Anders appeal, probation
Dunnell v. State - postconviction relief
Dept of Ag v. Mahon - certiorari, inverse condemnation
Green v. State - postconviction relief
Dill v. State - Spencer warning, pro se

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