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Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of December 29 - 31, 2025
December 31, 2025

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

No decisions this week

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee


Colley v. State - capital case, postconviction relief
State v. Repple - alcohol breath test, authority
Brito v. Rivera - paternity, artificial insemination

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee


Webking v. Webking - child support, contempt, findings
DOC v. Beebe - sovereign immunity, scope of employment

Second District Court of Appeal - St. Petersburg

Cherfils v. State - search and seizure

Blackshear v. Haynes - expert, standard of care, same specialty
Morgan v. State - sentencing

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami


Angerman v. State - sentence, vindictiveness
Zaldivar v. State - postconviction relief
Ricardo v. Typtap - settlement, no evidentiary hearing
Boca Aircraft v. Fifteen Grp - independent tort doctrine
Pascalides v. Artico - convenience account
Eco Green v. Acapital - appellate jurisdiction, arbitration
Norman v. State Farm - waiver, coverage
Revuelta v. State - self-defense immunity
Leman v. Tal - preservation, rehearing
Levine v. Levai - amendment, punitive damages, no attachment
Pace v. State - civil restitution lien
Vazquez v. Smith - insufficient record
Woodman v. Mar - attorney’s fees
Major v.  Sheriff of Monroe Cnty - unfair labor practice, dismissal
Kazakov v. Bourlakova - certiorari, stay
Monroe Cnty v. Kearns - second-tier certiorari review, bid, appellate jurisdiction
Drinks v. State - postconviction relief
De Armas v. De Armas - certiorari, message data
Wilburn v. State - plea, factual basis

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach


No decisions this week

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

No decisions this week

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

No decisions this week

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