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03/04/2009 NOTICE-DISCRETIONARY JURIS (DIRECT CONFLICT) PT Charles Mendenhall BY: PT Meghan Ann Collins 492868
03/05/2009 No Fee - Insolvent INSOLVENT BELOW
03/17/2009 JURIS INITIAL BRIEF PT Charles Mendenhall BY: PT Meghan Ann Collins 492868 O&5 & E-MAIL
03/24/2009 JURIS ANSWER BRIEF RS State Of Florida state1 BY: RS Jeffrey Casey W/APPENDIX (O&5 & E-MAIL)
07/27/2009 ORDER-JURIS ACCEPTED/BRIEF SCHED The Court accepts jurisdiction, but postpones its decision as to whether the above case will be submitted to the Court with or without oral argument. Petitioner's brief on the merits shall be served on or before August 21, 2009; respondent's brief on the merits shall be served twenty days after service of petitioner's brief on the merits; and petitioner's reply brief on the merits shall be served twenty days after service of respondent's brief on the merits. Please file an original and seven copies of all briefs. The Clerk of the Fifth District Court of Appeal shall file the original record which shall be properly indexed and paginated on or before September 29, 2009. The record shall include the briefs filed in the district court separately indexed.
08/24/2009 MOTION-EXT OF TIME (INITIAL BRIEF-MERITS) PT Charles Mendenhall BY: PT Meghan Ann Collins 492868
08/24/2009 MOTION-TOLL TIME PT Charles Mendenhall BY: PT Meghan Ann Collins 492868
08/25/2009 RECORD/TRANSCRIPT Hon. Susan Wright, Clerk BY: Hon. Susan Wright, Clerk 1 CERT. OF CLERK, 1 VOL. CC PAPERS, 1 VOL. BRIEFS, 2 VOLS. SUPP. RECORD, & 5 VOLS. RECORD
08/31/2009 ORDER-EXT OF TIME GR (INITIAL BRIEF-MERITS) Petitioner's motion for extension of time is granted and petitioner is allowed to and including September 21, 2009, in which to serve the initial brief on the merits. NO FURTHER EXTENSIONS OF TIME WILL BE GRANTED TO PETITIONER FOR THE FILING OF THE INITIAL BRIEF ON THE MERITS. All other times will be extended accordingly.
09/23/2009 INITIAL BRIEF-MERITS PT Charles Mendenhall BY: PT Meghan Ann Collins 492868 W/APPENDIX (O&7 & E-MAIL)
10/13/2009 MOTION-EXT OF TIME (ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS) RS State Of Florida state1 BY: RS Mary Griffo Jolley 80454
10/13/2009 MOTION-TOLL TIME RS State Of Florida state1 BY: RS Mary Griffo Jolley 80454
10/15/2009 ORDER-EXT OF TIME GR (ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS)
11/13/2009 ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS RS State Of Florida state1 BY: RS Mary Griffo Jolley 80454 O&7 & E-MAIL
12/07/2009 MOTION-EXT OF TIME (REPLY BRIEF-MERITS) PT Charles Mendenhall BY: PT Meghan Ann Collins 492868
12/07/2009 MOTION-TOLL TIME PT Charles Mendenhall BY: PT Meghan Ann Collins 492868
12/10/2009 ORDER-EXT OF TIME GR (REPLY BRIEF-MERITS)
01/14/2010 REPLY BRIEF-MERITS PT Charles Mendenhall BY: PT Meghan Ann Collins 492868 O&7 & E-MAIL
02/01/2010 ORDER-OA SCHED (PREV ACCEPTED) The Court previously accepted jurisdiction. The Court will hear oral argument at 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 6, 2010. A maximum of twenty minutes to the side is allowed for the argument, but counsel is expected to use only so much of that time as is necessary. NO CONTINUANCES WILL BE GRANTED EXCEPT UPON A SHOWING OF EXTREME HARDSHIP.
03/25/2010 ORAL ARGUMENT CALENDAR
03/25/2010 ORDER-ORAL ARGUMENT RESCHEDULE GR Petitioner's motion to reschedule oral argument is granted and the above case which was scheduled for oral argument on April 6, 2010, has been rescheduled for oral argument at 9:00 a.m. Monday, May 3, 2010. A maximum of twenty minutes to the side is allowed for the argument, but counsel is expected to use only so much of that time as is necessary.
03/26/2010 MOTION-ORAL ARGUMENT RESCHEDULE PT Charles Mendenhall BY: PT Meghan Ann Collins 492868 E-FILED 3/24/2010
05/03/2010 ORAL ARGUMENT HELD
10/28/2010 DISP-APPROVED For the foregoing reasons, we approve the Fifth District's decision in Mendenhall v. State, 999 So. 2d 665 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008), and disapprove the decisions of the Second District in Sousa v. State, 976 So. 2d 639 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008), and the First District in Wilson v. State, 898 So. 2d 191 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005). We also disapprove the decisions of the Fourth District in Collazo v. State, 966 So. 2d 429 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007), Thurston v. State, 984 So. 2d 1290 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008), Leary v. State, 980 So. 2d 622 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008), and Johnson v. State, 17 So. 3d 847 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009), to the extent that those decisions hold that section 775.087(2)(a)(3) does not vest discretion in the trial judge to impose a mandatory minimum of twenty-five years to life without regard to the statutory maximum for the crime.
11/18/2010 MANDATE CC: COUNSEL
11/18/2010 RECORD/TRANSCRIPT RETURNED Hon. Susan Wright, Clerk BY: Hon. Susan Wright, Clerk 1 VOL. BRIEFS, 2 VOLS. SUPP. RECORD, & 5 VOLS. RECORD
02/17/2011 ARCHIVES File