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Update on Jimenez
Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court denied Jose Antonio Jimenez’s cert petition without dissent or comment. This continues the Supreme Court’s streak of denials without comment in Florida death warrant...
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Washington and Raiford, Jimenez edition
Photo from Department of Corrections website. Today the Florida Supreme Court denied Jose Antonio Jimenez’s petitions challenging his death sentence. His execution by lethal injection will be tomorrow...
View ArticleAnd we’re back
With a new governor, new justices, and a new death warrant, we decided now’s the time to return to blogging. 2019 got off to a crazy start, with an unexpected surgery and packed schedule on the home...
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Florida Supreme Court Rejects Robert Joe Long’s Death Warrant Appeal
On Friday, the Florida Supreme Court unanimously rejected Robert Joe Long’s death warrant appeal. Long’s execution is scheduled for Thursday, May 23, at 6 p.m. This is Governor Ron DeSantis’s first...
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Goodbye, Frye. Hello, Justice Luck.
Frye is gone and Daubert is back. That’s what the Florida Supreme Court said last Thursday. Out of the blue, the court decided to recede from its 2017 decision declining to adopt the Legislature’s...
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Fourth Amendment Limbo
Today we expect opinions from the Second, Third, and Fourth DCAs. Last Friday gave us two dissents at the First DCA. Dissent in the Districts! Judges Makar and Bilbrey dissented from their respective...
View ArticleSummer Trilogies
Last week, the courts were closed Thursday and Friday, meaning no opinions from the Florida Supreme Court or Fifth DCA. With a summer movie vibe, June had two weeks of trilogies in the districts. We...
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Bowles’ Death Warrant Briefs Are In
August is here. Unlike the district courts of appeal, the Florida Supreme Court’s been on a vacation from its regular opinion releases since July 11 and will resume August 29. But, the court notes on...
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Update: Bowles headed to SCOTUS
Yesterday, the Florida Supreme Court rejected Gary Bowles’ death warrant appeal and his habeas petition. The court did, however, grant Bowles’ motion to strike the State’s post-reply-brief...
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Summer’s over for Florida Supreme Court
Today the Florida Supreme Court returns from its summer break to hear arguments in three cases. Arguments begin at 9 a.m. You can watch the live stream here. The first argument is about whether the...
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