Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of February 11 - 15, 2019

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Pitch v. US - disclosure of grand jury records
US v. Valois - MDLEA
Hillcrest Prop v. Pasco Cnty - due process, land use
US v. Caniff - child pornography
Democratic Exec Cmte of Fla v. Fla Atty Gen - emergency stay

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

No decisions this week.

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

Byram v. State - double jeopardy
Welch v. Inch - vexatious litigant
Terrill v. State - sentencing
Rodriguez-Lopez v. State - plea withdrawal
Amalgam'd Trans v. Local 1579 - certiorari; arbitration; certified conflict
Mickles v. State - postconviction relief
Brown v. State - postconviction relief
Tisdale v. Tisdale - MSA; child support
Wade v. State - counsel conflict; Williams rule
State v. Choice Plus - administrative jurisdiction, fees
Cassedy v. Wood - attorney's fees, agreement, settlement proposal
Rente v. Orange Cnty - workers' compensation
Barakat v. Barakat Food Store - service of regulatory complaint
State v. Bohler - new trial, weight of evidence
EW v. State - delinquency, school trespass

Second District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Culver v. State - plea withdrawal
McDonald V. State - probation revocation
Grady v. State - probation revocation
Caruso v. State - trial court jurisdiction pending appeal
Hernandez v. State - juror challenge, preservation of error

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

Mendez v. State - molestation; uncharged crime evidence
Cancino v. Cancino - marital dissolution, indirect criminal contempt
Simmons v. State - sentencing
Escalona Socarras v. Bazan Vassallo - equitable distribution, marital assets
Feuer v. Ivanov - summary affirmance
JR v. State - evidence, high crime area
Benzrent v. Wilmington Sav - foreclosure, default, standing
State v. Lorenzo - postconviction relief
Air Shunt v. Airfoil - personal jurisdiction
Ultra Aviation v. Cruz Clemente - employment, local wage ordinance
Biscayne Marine v. Miami - second-tier certiorari; bid protest
Asset Recovery v. Wright - prohibition; receiver's authority to act
Planas v. State - rule 3.800(a) limitations

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

Pansky v. Pansky - s. 605.0503, charging order, LLC
Randall v. State - manslaughter, principal to crime
RJ Reynolds v. Thomas - comparative fault reduction, remedy
McDonald v. State - uncharged offenses, due process
Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust v. Viteri - foreclosure, standing
Landmark Amer Ins v. Pin-Pon - pretrial stipulation; withdrawal
Pierre v. State - excessive public defender lien
JC v. DCF - termination, parental rights
State v. Ester - withheld adjudication
DHSMV v. Davis - driver's license, implied consent, blood draw

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

SH v. DCF - termination, parental rights
SH v. DCF - termination, parental rights
Ali v. Wells Fargo - attorney's fees
Clerk of Court v. Seminole County - mandamus; county surplus funds, investment
Adams v. DOC - second-tier certiorari, disciplinary action
Lively v. State - postconviction relief
Robles v. State- postconviction DNA testing

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