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01/31/2003 NOTICE-DISCRETIONARY JURIS (DIRECT CONFLICT) PT William Charles Hale BY: PT Deborah Kucer Brueckheimer 278734
01/31/2003 JURIS INITIAL BRIEF PT William Charles Hale BY: PT Deborah Kucer Brueckheimer 278734 (O&5) W/APPENDIX & DISKETTE (FILED 01/31/03)
02/03/2003 No Fee - Insolvent PUBLIC DEFENDER
02/21/2003 JURIS ANSWER BRIEF RS State Of Florida state1 BY: RS Richard L. Polin 230987 (O&5) W/DISKETTE (DISK BLANK, REQ. NEW) (NEW DISKETTE FILED 3/3/03)
11/17/2003 ORDER-OA&BRIEF SCHED/JURIS ACCEPTED & CASE CONSOLIDATED W/SC02-2277 (TO "VIEW" ORDER SEE SC02-2277)
11/17/2003 ORAL ARGUMENT CALENDAR SENT TO WEST 11/21/2003
11/25/2003 RECORD/TRANSCRIPT Hon. James Birkhold BY: Hon. James Birkhold (13 VOLUMES & 1 ADDITIONAL VOLUME) (SHARED WITH 02-2277)
12/09/2003 MOTION-EXT OF TIME (INITIAL BRIEF-MERITS)
12/11/2003 ORDER-EXT OF TIME GR (INITIAL BRIEF-MERITS)
12/15/2003 INITIAL BRIEF-MERITS PT William Charles Hale BY: PT Deborah Kucer Brueckheimer 278734 O&7 W/DISKETTE (NO APPENDIX)(BRIEF 73 PAGES)
12/15/2003 MOTION-BRIEF PAGE ENLARGEMENT PT William Charles Hale BY: PT Deborah Kucer Brueckheimer 278734
12/19/2003 APPENDIX PT William Charles Hale BY: PT Deborah Kucer Brueckheimer 278734 O&7
01/08/2004 ORDER-BRIEF PAGE ENLARGEMENT DY/STRICKEN Petitioner's motion to file initial brief on the merits in excess of page limitations is hereby denied and said brief filed with this Court on December 15, 2003, is hereby stricken. Petitioner is allowed to and including January 20, 2004, to serve an amended initial brief on the merits which does not exceed fifty (50) pages in length.
01/23/2004 INITIAL AMD BRIEF-MERITS PT William Charles Hale BY: PT Deborah Kucer Brueckheimer 278734 WAPPENDIX (O&7 W/DISKETTE)
02/11/2004 ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS RS State Of Florida state1 BY: RS Richard L. Polin 230987 O&7 W/DISKETTE
03/02/2004 REPLY BRIEF-MERITS PT William Charles Hale BY: PT Deborah Kucer Brueckheimer 278734 O&7 W/DISKETTE
04/02/2004 NOTICE RS State Of Florida state1 BY: RS Richard L. Polin 230987 OF CORRECTION (O&7)
04/02/2004 NOTICE-SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY RS State Of Florida state1 BY: RS Richard L. Polin 230987 O&7
04/07/2004 ORAL ARGUMENT HELD
04/08/2004 ORDER-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE The above cases were consolidated for all appellate purposes by this Court on November 17, 2003, and have now been unconsolidated.
12/23/2004 DISP-APPROVED We approve the Second District's decision and hold that the United States Supreme Court's decision in Crane does not impose a fourth element of proof in a civil commitment proceeding under the Ryce Act. Therefore, the jury need not be instructed that the respondent must have serious difficulty controlling behavior. We also find that the evidence in this case was sufficient to commit Hale as a sexually violent predator. Finally, we hold that the respondent need not be in custody for a sexually violent crime at the time the civil commitment petition is filed.
01/13/2005 RECORD/TRANSCRIPT RETURNED Hon. James Birkhold BY: Hon. James Birkhold 13 VOLUMES RECORD, 1 ADDITIONAL VOLUME (SHARED WITH 02-2277)
03/10/2005 USSC CERTIORARI 04-9054 & DOCKETED 03/11/2005
03/17/2005 ARCHIVES
10/03/2005 USSC DISP-CERTIORARI DY 04-9054 & COPY FILED 10/10/2005