– 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 …
– Summary by Nicolas DaubOn August 25 2022, the Supreme Court of Florida considered whether a completed purchase of illegal drugs necessarily entails the defendant purchaser’s possession of those drugs, as federal law defines possession. The Supreme Court held that Continue Reading …
– Summary by Lauren Reed On June 30 2022, the Supreme Court of Florida considered whether midtrial amendments to a charging document that alter the elements of a criminal offense are per se prejudicial. The Supreme Court held that they Continue Reading …
– Summary by Ronald Joseph In this dispute 1944 Beach Boulevard, LLC (“Beach Boulevard”) and its affiliates were jointly and severally indebted to Live Oak Banking Company (“Live Oak”) in the amount of about $3 million stemming from two loans Continue Reading …
– Summary by Anna Lusk On June 16, 2022, the Supreme Court of Florida considered whether a trial court may, on its own accord, correct sentencing documents that overreport the amount of jail time a defendant served before sentencing Continue Reading …
