Supreme Court Removes Judge from Bench for Physical Altercation with Public Defender

Jacek Stramski | On December 17, 2015, the Florida Supreme Court rejected the Judicial Qualifications Commission’s (JQC) recommendation that Judge John Murphy of Brevard County be suspended, and instead held that he “surrendered his privilege to serve in [the] court

Second-Tier Certiorari Review of a Parole Commission Decision

By Scott Kalish In Florida Parole Commission v. Taylor (SC11-2460), the Supreme Court of Florida considered the standard under which a Florida District Court of Appeal (DCA) may review a petition for certiorari stemming from a circuit courts’ review of

Florida Supreme Court Strikes Down Subpoenas Issued in Criminal Case to Florida Agent for Out-of-State Corporation

By Herron Bond In Ulloa v. CMI, Inc. (SC11-2291), the Florida Supreme Court considered whether a state court has the authority to compel a nonparty, out-of-state corporation to produce materials in a criminal case by issuing a subpoena to that

Have Justices Lewis, Pariente, and Quince Properly Retained Their Seats on the Florida Supreme Court?

In spite of each of the Justices winning the retention vote on November 6 with approximately 68% in favor as opposed to 32% against, at least one Florida taxpayer, the Petitioner in Jones v. Detzner, believes the answer to the

A High Profile Week for the Florida Supreme Court

It is probably safe to say that any case that has made its way to the Florida Supreme Court is a significant one. It has been a while, however, since one week of oral arguments scheduled before the Court involved