Senator Walter "Skip" Campbell, Jr., Chair

Senator Victor D. Crist

Rep. Dan Gelber

Rep. Juan-Carlos "J.C." Planas

Judge Paul M. Hawkes

Judge Leslie B. Rothenberg

FLORIDA SUPREME COURT OPINIONS:

July 2006

• SC04-1610 - Anthony Joseph Farina v. State
  Codefendant's life sentence as newly discovered evidence & prosecutorial misconduct for introducing biblical authority

June 2006

• SC03-1966 - Manuel Pardo, Jr. v. State Of Florida
  Competency & suppression of videotapes as a Brady violation



• SC04-451 - Robin Lee Archer v. State Of Florida
  Recantation as newly discovered evidence, false testimony as a Giglio violation, and suppression of crimes of codefendants as a Brady violation



• SC04-2016 - James Guzman v. State Of Florida
  Materiality prong of Giglio



• SC05-59 - Guerry Wayne Hertz v. State Of Florida
  Ineffective assistance of counsel: failing to present diminished capacity mitigator, extreme mental illness mitigator, and nonstatutory mitigation



• SC05-159 - Jason Looney v. State Of Florida
  Ineffective assistance of counsel: failing to present statutory age mitigator, nonstatutory mitigation, and failing to use a mental health expert during penalty phase



• SC04-1036 - Lenard James Philmore v. State Of Florida
  Ineffective assistance of counsel: strategic decisions



• SC03-710 - Bobby Raleigh v. State Of Florida
  Effective mental health assistance & admission of codefendant's statements

May 2006

• SC03-1966 - Manuel Pardo, Jr. v. State Of Florida
  Competency & suppression of videotapes as a Brady violation



• SC03-735 - Melvin Trotter v. State Of Florida
  Mental retardation & effective mental health assistance



• SC03-1312 - Robert L. Henry v. State Of Florida
  Bifurcated evidentiary hearings & ineffective assistance of counsel: mitigation strategy, decision to waive mitigation



• SC04-1521 - Richard England v. State Of Florida
  Gruesome and prejudicial photographic evidence, the "best evidence rule", gagging of defendant, and reverse Williams rule evidence



• SC03-1919 - Michael Gordon Reynolds v. State Of Florida
  Hearsay testimony & witness availability, evidence sufficiency, and penalty phase jury instructions



• SC04-520 - Robert Consalvo v. State Of Florida
  Recantation as newly discovered evidence



• SC04-19 - Eric Simmons v. State Of Florida
  Voluntariness of interrogation & eyewitness identification



• SC03-824 - David Eugene Johnston v. State Of Florida
  Mental Retardation (Rule 3.203)