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Click to open document 11/22/2017 NOTICE-APPEAL (INITIAL) AA Mesac Damas Y63399 BY: TA Kevin Clifford Shirley 386121 Indigent Notice of Appeal & Sentencing Order
11/27/2017 No Fee - Insolvent
11/27/2017 JURY VOTE Waived Sentencing by Jury
Click to open document 11/27/2017 ACKNOWLEDGMENT LETTER-NEW CASE Supreme Court Of Florida BY: Supreme Court Of Florida
Click to open document 11/27/2017 ORDER-RECORD FILING (HEARINGS/TRIAL) TR: 02/12/2018; ROA: 03/05/2018
Click to open document 11/29/2017 NOTICE-APPEARANCE AE State Of Florida state1 BY: AE Lisa Martin 72138
Click to open document 02/05/2018 NOTICE-APPEARANCE AA Mesac Damas Y63399 BY: AA Valarie Linnen 63291 Notice of Appearance of Appellate Counsel
Click to open document 02/13/2018 STATUS REPORT Christine Hissam Greider 607177 BY: Christine Hissam Greider 607177 Report on Status Conference Held on January 26, 2018
02/19/2018 RECORD/TRANSCRIPT Hon. Dwight E. Brock, Clerk BY: Hon. Dwight E. Brock, Clerk Volume 1 (Filed Electronically)
02/19/2018 RECORD/TRANSCRIPT Hon. Dwight E. Brock, Clerk BY: Hon. Dwight E. Brock, Clerk Sealed Volume 2 (Filed Electronically)
02/19/2018 PRESENTENCE INVESTIGATION See Volume 1 of Record/Transcript.
Click to open document 02/19/2018 RECORD/TRANSCRIPT Hon. Dwight E. Brock, Clerk BY: Hon. Dwight E. Brock, Clerk Copy of Volume 1 (w/ Redacted PSI Report)
Click to open document 02/20/2018 ORDER-DEP BRIEF SCHED (100) The record having been received by the Court, the briefs in the above styled case are to be filed as follows: Appellant's brief is to be filed on or before May 30, 2018; appellee's brief shall be filed seventy days after filing of appellant's brief; and appellant's reply brief shall be filed forty days after filing of appellee's brief. As the time for filing the briefs has already been extended, further motions for extension of time will be granted only due to a medical emergency.
Click to open document 02/21/2018 EXHIBITS Hon. Dwight E. Brock, Clerk BY: Hon. Dwight E. Brock, Clerk Copies (6 CDs Placed in Red Folder)
Click to open document 05/30/2018 INITIAL BRIEF-MERITS AA Mesac Damas Y63399 BY: AA Valarie Linnen 63291 Initial Brief
Click to open document 05/30/2018 MOTION-RECORD SUPPLEMENTATION AA Mesac Damas Y63399 BY: AA Valarie Linnen 63291 Motion to Supplement the Record on Appeal
Click to open document 05/31/2018 ORDER-RECORD SUPPLEMENTATION GR (CIRC CT) Appellant's Motion to Supplement the Record on Appeal (copy attached) is granted. The court reporters are directed, on or before June 20, 2018, to file with the trial court clerk the transcript for the hearings held July 21, 2017. Counsel for appellant is directed to deliver a copy of this order to all court reporters involved in the transcription of the above date and to take whatever steps are necessary to ensure that the transcripts are filed within the time period designated. The trial court clerk is directed, on or before July 2, 2018, to supplement the record with the above transcript. *THE COVERSHEET SHALL REFLECT "SUPPLEMENTAL RECORD - VOLUME 1, ETC." AND PAGE NUMBERING SHOULD RUN CONSECUTIVELY.
Click to open document 06/07/2018 SUPP RECORD/TRANSCRIPT Hon. Dwight E. Brock, Clerk BY: Hon. Dwight E. Brock, Clerk Filed Electronically
Click to open document 06/12/2018 SUPP RECORD/TRANSCRIPT Hon. Dwight E. Brock, Clerk BY: Hon. Dwight E. Brock, Clerk Copy of Supplemental Record (1 CD Placed in Red Folder)
Click to open document 08/08/2018 ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS AE State Of Florida state1 BY: AE Lisa Martin 72138 Answer Brief of the Appellee
Click to open document 08/10/2018 MOTION-RECORD SUPPLEMENTATION AE State Of Florida state1 BY: AE Lisa Martin 72138 Appellee's Motion for Leave of Court to Supplement the Record with the Transcripts of Pretrial Hearings from August 18, 2017 and August 25, 2017
Click to open document 08/15/2018 ORDER-RECORD SUPPLEMENTATION GR (CIRC CT) Appellee's Motion for Leave of Court to Supplement the Record (copy attached) is granted. The court reporters are directed, on or before September 4, 2018, to file with the trial court clerk the transcripts for the pretrial hearings held August 18, 2017, and August 25, 2017. Counsel is directed to deliver a copy of this order to all court reporters involved in the transcription of the above dates and to take whatever steps are necessary to ensure that the transcripts are filed within the time period designated. The trial court clerk is directed, on or before September 14, 2018, to supplement the record with the above transcripts. *THE COVERSHEET SHALL REFLECT "SUPPLEMENTAL RECORD" AND PAGE NUMBERING SHOULD RUN CONSECUTIVELY.
Click to open document 08/16/2018 SUPP RECORD/TRANSCRIPT Crystal K. Kinzel COLLIER BY: Crystal K. Kinzel COLLIER Filed Electronically
Click to open document 08/17/2018 REPLY BRIEF-MERITS AA Mesac Damas Y63399 BY: AA Valarie Linnen 63291 Reply Brief
Click to open document 08/20/2018 ORDER-OA SCHED The above case is hereby scheduled for oral argument at 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 7, 2018. A maximum of thirty 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.
Click to open document 08/22/2018 SUPP RECORD/TRANSCRIPT Crystal K. Kinzel COLLIER BY: Crystal K. Kinzel COLLIER Copy of Supplemental Record (1 CD Placed in Red Folder)
11/07/2018 ORAL ARGUMENT HELD
Click to open document 12/28/2018 DISP-AFFIRMED FSC-OPINION: In light of the foregoing, we affirm Damas's convictions and his six sentences of death. It is so ordered.
Click to open document 01/17/2019 MANDATE
Click to open document 01/17/2019 ORDER-COUNS APPOINTMENT (POST-CONVICTION) Pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851(b), the Office of the Capital Collateral Regional Counsel - Southern Region is hereby appointed to handle postconviction proceedings for appellant. The Office of the Capital Collateral Regional Counsel - Southern Region shall, within thirty days from this date of this order, file a notice of appearance in the trial court or a motion to withdraw based on a conflict of interest or some other legal ground. A copy of the notice of appearance or motion to withdraw shall be served on the Florida Supreme Court. In accordance with this Court's opinion issued in Amendments to Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure 3.851, 3.852, and 3.991 and Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.215, 802 So. 2d 298 (Fla. 2001), the chief judge shall forthwith assign this case to a judge qualified to handle capital cases. A copy of the assignment order shall be served on the Florida Supreme Court.
Click to open document 01/28/2019 PUBLISH FULL
Click to open document 02/08/2019 NOTICE-REPOSITORY (AG) AE State Of Florida state1 BY: AE Lisa Martin 72138 Notice to Secretary of Department of Corrections of Affirmance of Death Penalty
Click to open document 02/08/2019 NOTICE-REPOSITORY (AG) AE State Of Florida state1 BY: AE Lisa Martin 72138 Notice to State Attorney of Affirmance of Death Penalty
Click to open document 02/21/2019 NOTICE-APPEARANCE Neal Andre Dupree 311545 BY: Neal Andre Dupree 311545 Notice of Appearance
Click to open document 05/23/2019 JUDGE-CIRC ASSIGNMENT (3.850) Michael T. Mchugh 968978 BY: Michael T. Mchugh 968978 Honorable Christine Greider - 3.851 Proceedings