Senator Victor D. Crist, Chair

Senator Dave Aronberg

Rep. Dan Gelber

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

Judge Paul M. Hawkes

Judge Leslie B. Rothenberg

FLORIDA SUPREME COURT OPINIONS:

July 2007

• SC04-1879 - Merrit Alonzo Sims v. State Of Florida
  Challenging canine-alert evidence



• SC04-2231 - Christopher Jones, Jr. v. State Of Florida
  Admission of Evidence; Avoid arrest aggravator; Proportionality



• SC04-2379 - Dolan Darling A/K/A Sean Smith v. State Of Florida
  Ineffective Counsel: Investigation and presentation of mitigation during the penalty phase; Prior felony conviction as aggravating factor



• SC05-1613 - William Melvin White v. State Of Florida
  Ineffective counsel: Failure to challenge the admission of prior felony conviction, agreeing to excuse for cause a prospective juror solely because English was not her primary language



• SC04-1972 - Richard Allen Johnson v. State Of Florida
  Granting of Cause Challenge; Admission of victim's Statement during killing; Substitution of robbery count charged in Information; Proportionality of death sentence



• SC04-1458 - David Alan Gore v. State Of Florida
  Presentation of untruthful parole possibilities; Improper Ex Parte communications; Ineffective counsel: failure to impeach State's witness with financial bias, failure to discover and present additional mitigators relating to alleged neurological disorders



• SC05-914 - Allen Cox v. State Of Florida
  Ineffective counsel: Failure to object to prosecutorial misstatements during Voir Dire, concession of guilt in opening statement; New evidence-"Devious Smile"

June 2007

• SC05-189 - Chadwick Willacy v. State Of Florida
  Ineffective Counsel: Failure to assert the Independent Act Defense and failure to investigate and present mitigating evidence



• SC05-1333 - William Thomas Zeigler, Jr. v. State Of Florida
  Application of an incorrect standard; Ignoring portions of the record



• SC05-2035 - Jesse Guardado v. State Of Florida
  Nelson Inquiry; Heinous, Atrocious, or Cruel Aggravator



• SC04-857 - Ronnie Keith Williams v. State Of Florida
  Admission of Out-of-Court Statements; Alleged Departure of Trial Court from a Neutral Stance; Felony Murder/ Attempted Sexual Battery; Premeditation



• SC04-1267 - Quawn M. Franklin v. State Of Florida
  Crawford v. Washington Claims; Defendant's Statements to Newspaper Reporter; Stipulation to Prior Violent Felony Convictions



• SC05-1732 - James Belcher v. State Of Florida
  Ineffective counsel: Failure to Object to Prosecutorial Misconduct, inflammatory Photographs



• SC02-1765 - Michael B. Bell v. State Of Florida
  Ineffective counsel: Advising defendant not to testify, failure to object to improper prosecutorial comments, concession of guilt and CCP Aggravator in closing arguments, spectator's T-shirt depicting victim