Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of March 16 - 20, 2020

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

US v. Cingari - sentencing
Spencer v. Specialty Foundry Prods - CAFA

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

Boyd v. State - capital case, postconviction relief
In re Primary Elections- constitution, initiative, open primaries
Reed v. State - capital case, postconviction relief
In re Fla R Jud Admin - chief justice, emergency response

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

No decisions this week.

Second District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

JMH v. State - juvenile sentencing
Cox v. State - postconviction relief
State v. Moran - juvenile sentencing
US Bank v. Mink - foreclosure, standing
Pittman v. State - postconviction relief, sentencing
Agosto v. State - criminal contempt
Alvarez v. State - probation revocation
Corey v. Neuffer - foreclosure sale, surplus funds
State v. Hall - certiorari, Williams rule evidence
Woolman v. State - evidence, collateral crimes; instructions, sexual battery
Clifford v. State - sentencing
Nelson v. State - Stand Your Ground
Wolf v. Wolf - contempt; timesharing
Manatee v. Mandarin Dev - comprehensive plan, constitutional challenge, limitations
Ford v. State - community control revocation
Booth v. Williams - timesharing, due process, unrequested relief
Lupo v. Lawson - real property, partition
Bailey v. State - probation revocation
Brundage v. Evans - certiorari, presuit requirements
Mallery v. Bush Auto - second-tier certiorari, towing, private action
Moore v. Holton - child support, income withhold

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

Taylor v. FNMA - foreclosure, possession, tenant
Potter v. State - drug possession, prescription, instructions
JJ v. State - drug possession
Citizens v. Kings Creeks - named perils insurance, causation defense
Citizens v. Vazquez - insurance, actual cash value; declaratory relief, settled question
Zamanillo v. Citizens - insurance, coverage
Citizens v. Tio - insurance, replacement cost
Vazquez v. Citizens - summary judgment, supporting evidence
Royal Harbor v. Maresma - business judgment rule
Diaz v. Diaz - equitable distribution
Hatoum v. Citizens - summary judgment, supporting evidence
Muhammad v. AJX Mort - foreclosure, publication of notice
DR v. United Healthcare - Medicaid benefits, home health care
Piquet Realty v. Pinto - failure to prosecute
ER Truck v. Gomont - punitive damages amendment

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

O’Donnell v. WF Taylor - causation; products liability
State v. Ervin - sentencing
Mathieu v. State - postconviction relief
Graves v. State - pro se; withdraw of plea
Boukzam v. Jugo - child support; payments; depository
Marconi v. Erturk - marital dissolution; equitable distribution
Ramirez v. Ramirez - martial dissolution; due process

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Nutriband v. Advanced Health - dismissal, prejudice
State v. Griffith - sentence, downward departure
Frazier v. State - Richardson hearing
Hollinger v. Hollinger - partial summary judgment, stock agreement
Kern v. State - probation, revocation
Sitaram v. Alley - appellate jurisdiction
Edkin v. Edkin - dissolution, custody
Booker v. State - Spencer warning, pro se
Diaz v. State- probation, revocation
Houston v. State- Spencer warning, pro se
Brown v. State- Spencer warning, pro se
Colon v. State - Spencer warning, pro se

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