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Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of October 7-11, 2024
October 11, 2024

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Parrott v. Neway - bankruptcy, appeal, timeliness
Muscogee (Creek) Nation v. Rolin - tribal immunity
Hornady v. Outekumpu Stainless - default judgment sanction
USA v. Varazo - drug possession, evidence, hearsay, chain-of-custody
Moms for Liberty v. Brevard Pub Sch - First Amendment, school board meetings
Dream Defenders v. Fla Gov - Fla riot statute,  vagueness, overbreadth

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee


Richardson v. AHCA - citizen initiative, Amendment 4, extraordinary writs

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee


Davis v. State - competency
Bates v. State - preservation of error, search and seizure, fundamental error
Grigges v. State - jury selection, mistrial, sentencing
Welch v. State - probation revocation
Ebright v. DOC - collateral criminal proceeding, court costs lien

Second District Court of Appeal - St. Petersburg


No decisions this week

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami


No decisions this week

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach


Bergeron Enviorn v. LGL Recycling - jury trial waiver
Bond v. State - investigative costs
McGrady v. State - competency determination

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach


Weeks v. Universal Prop - dismissal, failure to appear
State v. Sheldon - suppression, probable cause, valid stop
Poirier v. The Villages Senior Housing - dismissal, neglect, assisted living
Pedreira v. State - Anders appeal, cost of prosecution
Youngblood v. State - Anders appeal, scrivener’s errors, costs
Scheider v. State - § 938.27(8), mandatory cost
People’s Trust Ins v. Lorenz - confession of error
Radi v. State - probation revocation, sentence 
Strickland v. State - § 938.27(8), mandatory cost
Bunch v. State - postconviction relief

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland


No decisions this week

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