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Click to open document 04/26/2019 NOTICE-DISCRETIONARY JURIS (CERT GPI) PT Alvin Davis BY: PT Lori A. Willner 857149
05/03/2019 No Fee - Insolvent Insolvent Below
Click to open document 05/03/2019 ACKNOWLEDGMENT LETTER-NEW CASE Supreme Court Of Florida BY: Supreme Court Of Florida
Click to open document 06/11/2019 ORDER-JURIS ACCEPT/BRIEF SCHED (OA LATER DATE) The Court accepts jurisdiction of this case. Petitioner's initial brief on the merits must be served on or before July 1, 2019; respondent's answer brief on the merits must be served thirty days after service of petitioner's initial brief on the merits; and petitioner's reply brief on the merits must be served thirty days after service of respondent's answer brief on the merits. The Clerk of the First District Court of Appeal must file the record which must be properly indexed and paginated on or before August 12, 2019. The Clerk may provide the record in the format as currently maintained at the district court, either paper or electronic. Oral argument will be set by separate order. Counsel for the parties will be notified of the oral argument date approximately sixty days prior to oral argument.
Click to open document 07/01/2019 INITIAL BRIEF-MERITS PT Alvin Davis BY: PT Lori A. Willner 857149
Click to open document 07/03/2019 NOTICE-COUNS SUBSTITUTION RS State Of Florida state1 BY: WE Virginia Chester Harris 706221
Click to open document 07/16/2019 NOTICE-COUNS SUBSTITUTION RS State Of Florida state1 BY: RS Benjamin L. Hoffman 113568 AMENDED NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AND SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL
Click to open document 07/31/2019 MOTION-EXT OF TIME (ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS) RS State Of Florida state1 BY: RS Benjamin L. Hoffman 113568
Click to open document 07/31/2019 ORDER-EXT OF TIME GR (ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS) Respondent's motion for extension of time is granted, and respondent is allowed to and including August 30, 2019, in which to serve the answer brief on the merits. Multiple extensions of time for the same filing are discouraged. Absent extenuating circumstances, subsequent requests may be denied. All other times will be extended accordingly.
08/02/2019 RECORD Kristina Samuels 26958 BY: Kristina Samuels 26958 1 VOLUME RECORD ON APPEAL - Filed Electronically
08/02/2019 RECORD Kristina Samuels 26958 BY: Kristina Samuels 26958 1 VOLUME RECORD ON APPEAL (SEALED) - Filed Electronically
08/02/2019 RECORD Kristina Samuels 26958 BY: Kristina Samuels 26958 1 VOLUME CERTIFIED COPIES OF APPEAL PAPERS - Filed Electronically
Click to open document 08/08/2019 EXHIBITS Kristina Samuels 26958 BY: Kristina Samuels 26958 1 CD/DVD
Click to open document 08/27/2019 ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS RS State Of Florida state1 BY: RS Benjamin L. Hoffman 113568
Click to open document 09/18/2019 REPLY BRIEF-MERITS PT Alvin Davis BY: PT Lori A. Willner 857149
Click to open document 09/25/2019 ORDER-OA SCHED (PREV ACCEPTED) The Court previously accepted jurisdiction. The Court will hear oral argument at 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 4, 2019. 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.
Click to open document 10/24/2019 NOTICE-SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY PT Alvin Davis BY: PT Lori A. Willner 857149 **Stricken 10/24/19, does not contain a copy of the cited authority.**
Click to open document 10/24/2019 ORDER-SUPP AUTHORITY STRICKEN Petitioner's Notice of Supplemental Authority does not comply with Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.225 and is hereby stricken as it does not contain a copy of the cited authority.
Click to open document 10/24/2019 NOTICE-SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY PT Alvin Davis BY: PT Lori A. Willner 857149
Click to open document 11/26/2019 NOTICE-SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY RS State Of Florida state1 BY: RS Benjamin L. Hoffman 113568
12/04/2019 ORAL ARGUMENT HELD
Click to open document 05/12/2020 NOTICE-INQUIRY PT Alvin Davis BY: PT Alvin Davis
Click to open document 05/12/2020 ACKNOWLEDGMENT LETTER-MODIFIED-CASE PENDING Supreme Court Of Florida BY: Supreme Court Of Florida The Florida Supreme Court has received the following document reflecting a filing date of 5/12/2020. Notice of Inquiry -- In response to the above notice, please be advised that the above styled case is still pending before this Court. The Florida Supreme Court's case number must be utilized on all pleadings and correspondence filed in this cause.
Click to open document 12/02/2021 DISP-APPROVED FSC-OPINION: We hold that when a defendant voluntarily chooses to allocute at a sentencing hearing, the sentencing court is permitted to consider the defendant's freely offered statements, including those indicating a failure to accept responsibility. Thus, we answer the rephrased question in the negative and approve the result in the decision on review. It is so ordered.
Click to open document 12/16/2021 MOTION-REHEARING PT Alvin Davis BY: PT Lori A. Willner 857149 Motion for Rehearing
Click to open document 01/13/2022 DISP-REHEARING DY Petitioner's Motion for Rehearing is hereby denied.
Click to open document 02/03/2022 MANDATE
02/04/2022 EXHIBITS RETURNED Kristina Samuels 26958 BY: Kristina Samuels 26958 1 CD/DVD
Click to open document 02/11/2022 PUBLISH FULL