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   State Courts - Florida - February 28, 2008

  
Anderson v. Russell, CASE NO. 1D07-0492, COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA, FIRST DISTRICT, February 28, 2008, Opinion Filed
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Overview: As order dividing parcel in two equal one-acre parcels and granting former husband a fee simple interest in one and life estate in the other was consistent with final judgment of dissolution, court erred by revoking that order and awarding husband life estate in entire two-acre parcel, with a remainder interest in parcel to the parties's daughter.

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Benjamin v. Tandem Healthcare, Inc., CASE NO. SC07-2423, SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA, February 28, 2008, Decided
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Blackwell v. Fla. Dep't of Corr., CASE NO. 1D07-2518, COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA, FIRST DISTRICT, February 28, 2008, Opinion Filed
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Ey v. State, No. SC03-2161, SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA, February 28, 2008, Decided
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Overview: Where inmate committed two separate crimes and allegedly informed counsel about both of them, counsel's alleged erroneous advice that his plea in one case could not be used to enhance his sentence in other was ineffective assistance. Inmate's Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.850 motion had to allege he would gone to trial if properly advised by counsel.

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Head v. McNeil, CASE NO. 1D07-526, COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA, FIRST DISTRICT, February 28, 2008, Opinion Filed
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Overview: Circuit court erred in dismissing an inmate's petition for writ of mandamus as untimely under ? 95.11(8), Fla. Stat. The inmate's petition sought review of an administrative determination that denied application of gain time to his date of release, not a disciplinary decision, and therefore, ? 95.11(5)(f)'s one-year time limit for filing applied.

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McAroy v. State, CASE NO. 1D06-1644, COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA, FIRST DISTRICT, February 28, 2008, Opinion Filed
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Milton v. State, CASE NO.: 1D06-1384, COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA, FIRST DISTRICT, February 28, 2008, Opinion Filed
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Overview: State improperly called a witness, knowing he would invoke his Fifth Amendment right not to testify, to ask him leading questions about statements he allegedly made to police that incriminated defendant. As defendant could not cross-examine this witness, his Confrontation Clause rights, as interpreted by Bruton, were violated.

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Robinson v. State, CASE NO. 1D06-2748, COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA, FIRST DISTRICT, February 28, 2008, Opinion Filed
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State v. Jenkins, No. SC07-1738, SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA, February 28, 2008, Decided
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State v. Larzelere, No. SC05-611, No. SC06-148, SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA, February 28, 2008, Decided
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Overview: Counsel was ineffective in guilt phase of first-degree murder case. Had he conducted a reasonable investigation, he would have learned that inmate had been sexually and physically abused and retained mental health expert to establish inmate's mental disorders; presentation of such mitigation evidence could have saved inmate from death sentence.

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