– Summary by Sofia Azpurua The Florida Supreme Court examines whether when a criminal defendant asserts that thetrial court erroneously denied a motion to disqualify the trial judge for alleged bias or prejudice,should an appellate court review the erroneous denial Continue Reading …
Summary by Tiffany Heggendorn On October 20, 2022, the Supreme Court of Florida considered whether a binding settlementagreement was formed when the defendant in a tort action filed a written notice accepting anoffer of settlement made by the plaintiff based Continue Reading …
– Summary by Priya Geer On November 17, 2022, the Supreme Court of Florida considered whether the firstelement of Florida’s assault statute, section 784.011(1) of the Florida Statutes requires specificintent to direct a threat at another person and if not, Continue Reading …
– Summary by Alize Delgado On October 27th, 2022, the Florida Supreme Court considered whether requiring a defendant todisclose the passcode to an encrypted smartphone would violate the defendant’s Fifth Amendmentconstitutional right against self-incrimination. The Court concluded that before answering Continue Reading …
– Summary by Victor Machado Justice Couriel delivered the following opinion, in which the Court decided that the Third District Court of Appeal ruled incorrectly by issuing a writ of prohibition to prevent a circuit court from exercising jurisdiction over Continue Reading …
– Summary by Felicia James On July 7th, 2022, the Supreme Court of Florida held that a Florida utility company was permitted to pass along $16 million in replacement power to customers. The decision reversed the final order of the Continue Reading …
