Admissibility and Diligence as Gatekeepers in Successive Rule 3.851 Motions: Florida Supreme Court Rejects Third-Party Confession Declarations and “New Support for Old Claims” Introduction In Ernest...
Authorizing Substitute Service for Unascertainable Respondents in Vulnerable-Adult Exploitation Injunctions: Florida Supreme Court’s Fast-Track Amendment to Probate Rule 5.920 Introduction On August...
Florida Supreme Court Standardizes New-Member Bar Fees and Adds Annual Reporting for Non-Florida Lawyers: 2025 Amendments to Chapter 1 Introduction In a rulemaking opinion issued on August 28, 2025,...
Due Process Recalibrated in Florida Bar Discipline: Immediate Challenges to Interim Probation, Unified Briefing Deadlines, and Narrowed Judicial Referral Authority Introduction In this administrative...
Bell v. State (Fla. 2025): Speculative Custodial-Coercion Allegations Cannot Overcome Record-Clear Waivers; Rule 3.130 Delay Alone Is Not Fundamental Error Introduction This commentary analyzes the...
Colloquy Controls Postconviction: Florida Supreme Court Clarifies that Speculative Prison‑Abuse Allegations Cannot Undermine Waiver Voluntariness, and Rule 3.130 Delays Are Not Fundamental Error...
No Retroactive Right to Qualified Capital Counsel: Windom v. State of Florida & the Limits of “Evolving Standards” Introduction In Curtis Windom v. State of Florida, Nos. SC2025-1179 & SC2025-1182...
Windom v. Florida: No Sixth Amendment “Evolving Standards of Decency”; Rule 3.112 Not Retroactive; Strict Limits on Successive Capital Postconviction Relief Reaffirmed Introduction In Curtis Windom...
Bates v. State of Florida (2025): Florida Supreme Court Re-affirms the Strict Procedural & Temporal Limits on Successive Post-Conviction Relief 1. Introduction Kayle Barrington Bates’s capital...
Bates v. Florida: Reaffirming Strict Procedural Bars and Narrow Warrant‑Period Rights in Capital Postconviction Practice Introduction In Kayle B. Bates v. State of Florida and Kayle B. Bates v....
Wolf v. State (Fla. 2025): An Affirmation of Death-Penalty Convictions and a Signal that Florida May Revisit the “Same-Mercy” Prosecutorial Argument Rule Introduction In Steven Matthew Wolf v. State...
Fletcher v. State: Clarifying “Reverse Jury Nullification” and Mitigation Findings in Florida Capital Sentencing 1. Introduction In Timothy W. Fletcher v. State of Florida, No. SC2023-0058 (Fla. July...
Zakrzewski v. State – Fortifying Timeliness and Procedural-Bar Limits in Florida Capital Post-Conviction Practice Introduction The Florida Supreme Court’s 2025 decision in Edward J. Zakrzewski, II v....
The Supremacy of the Equal Protection Clause over Florida’s Non-Diminishment Mandate: A Commentary on Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute, Inc. v. Secretary, Florida Department of State...
Williams v. State of Florida: No Constitutional Right to a Court-Appointed Mitigation Specialist for Pro Se Capital Defendants Introduction In Donald Otis Williams v. State of Florida...
“Deference with Reasoned Explanation” — The Florida Supreme Court’s New Framework for Reviewing Public Service Commission Settlements Introduction Florida Rising, Inc. v. Florida Public Service...
“Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace” – The Florida Supreme Court Declares Case (Procedural) Jurisdiction Waivable in JJJTB, Inc. v. Schmidt 1. Introduction On 17 July 2025, the Supreme Court of...
Fletcher v. State: Florida Supreme Court Rejects “Reverse Jury Nullification” & Clarifies the Mitigation-Burden Framework in Capital Sentencing Introduction Case: Timothy W. Fletcher v. State of...
“Known-but-Unexamined” Evidence and the Due-Diligence Bar in Successive Post-Conviction Litigation A Commentary on Toney Deron Davis v. State of Florida, Supreme Court of Florida, No. SC2024-1128 (17...
“Beyond the Four Corners”: Florida Supreme Court Affirms Actionability of Implied Covenants in Public-University Contracts 1. Introduction Anthony Rojas, a graduate student at the University of...