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Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of October 21 - 25, 2019

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Gill v. Judd - search & seizure

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

No decisions this week

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

RJ Reynolds v. Prentice - Engle progeny, conspiracy instruction, scope of remand, two-issue rule
Prestige Gallery v. Napleton - nominal damages
Bierser v. State - pro se sanctions
Neighbors v. Neighbors - marital settlement agreement, medical expenses
Kelly v. Duggan - FCCPA, condominium assessments
Capital Health v. Moore - ADEA, evidence, instructions
Koon v. State - probation revocation
Basner v. Bergdoll - release, meeting of minds
Kelly v. State - postconviction relief
Ancrum v. State - jail credit
Barton v. State - aiding and abetting
Washington v. State - evidence, rule 403, remoteness
DeSantis v. Geffin - sovereign immunity; contract impairment

Second District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Chapman v. Redington Bch - real property, zoning, special damages
Owners Ins v. Allstate - UM coverage, resident relative
FP&L v. Dominguez - punitive damages, corporate liability
Spera v. State - Faretta

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

Brown v. State - postconviction relief
Reid v. State - postconviction relief
Carter v. State - postconviction relief
Adkins v. Sotolongo - family law, magistrate recommendations
McCray v. State - probation revocation
Hellard v. Siegmeister - marital settlement agreement, equitable distribution
Systemax v. Fiorentino - domestication, federal restitution judgment
Citizens v. Vazquez -insurance, loss settlement, matching costs; declaratory relief, mootness
Edwards v. State - trial court neutrality, fundamental error
Lindo v. State - self-defense, forcible felony exception
Small v. Miami-Dade - voir dire, litigation history
Branch v. Junior - habeas corpus
GC v. State - fleeing law enforcement, agency insignia
Fleming v. Blackwell-Gomez - attorney's fees motion, untimely
Semerena v. Miami-Dade Coll - negligence, healthcare insurance
St Brendan v. Neff - prohibition, ecclesiastical abstention
AD v. DCF - parental rights, termination
Structural Wrap v. Security First - venue
RB v. DCF - dependency
Perez v. GEICO - mandamus, certiorari, UM coverage
Delgado v. State - postconviction relief
Burks v. State - sentencing
Stallworth v. State - pro se sanctions

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

Manzaro v. D'Alessandro - contempt, rule recommendation
Walker v. State - sentencing
Perez v. Borga - contempt, incarceration
Myers v. Lane - dissolution, modification
Forest v. Kohl - settlement agreement, full resolution
Alisme v. State - postconviction relief
Rosenwald v. State - postconviction relief, sentencing

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

State v. Melendez - sentence, downward departure
Poole v. State - human trafficking, expert testimony
Batiz v. State - child molestation, state maritime jurisdiction, criminal
Beiber v. State - youthful offender, probation, maximum sentence
Cottier v. State - grand theft, costs
Stapleton v. State - sentence, Savings Clause
State v. SA - sentence, time served credit
State v. Mellaci - criminal dismissal, traffic stop, intent
McFall v. Welsh - certiorari, unredacted tax return, non-party
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