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01/19/2000 PETITION-MANDAMUS PT Lloyd Chase Allen BY: PT Todd G. Scher 899641 TO INVOKE THIS COURT'S ALL WRITS JURISDICTION, MOTION TO DECLARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL THE "DEATH PENALTY REFORM ACT OF 2000", WITH REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE TEMPORARY INJUNCTIVE RELIEF, FURTHER BRIEFING, AND ORAL ARGUMENT (O&7 & DISK) (TREATED AS PET/MANDAMUS IN 4/14/2000 OPIN)
01/19/2000 No Fee Required 3.850 LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDING
01/19/2000 ORDER-RESPONSE/REPLY REQUESTED
01/31/2000 MOTION-JOINDER PT Leonardo Franqui 445903 BY: PT Eugene Francis Zenobi 130269 (LEONARDO FRANQUI) IN PET/PROHIBITION, ETC. WITH REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE TEMPORARY INJUNCTIVE RELIEF, FURTHER BRIEFING AND ORAL ARGUMENT (O&7 W/DISK)
02/02/2000 MOTION-JOINDER PT Amos Lee King, Jr. BY: PT Amos Lee King, Jr. LAWSUIT (AMOS LEE KING - PRO SE)
02/04/2000 MOTION-INTERVENE (TERRY MELVIN SIMS)
02/04/2000 MOTION-EXT OF TIME (RESPONSE) RS Robert A. Butterworth 114422 BY: RS Richard B. Martell 0300179
02/07/2000 ORDER-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE DY (SIMS) MOT/INTERVENE ON THE BASIS OF THE MATTER RAISED IN SAID MOTION
02/07/2000 ORDER-EXT OF TIME GR (RESPONSE) GRANT TO 12:00 NOON ON 2/11/2000
02/07/2000 ORDER-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE GR (FRANQUI) MOT/JOIN EMERGENCY PETITION, ETC.
02/07/2000 MOTION-JOINDER PT Pressley Bernard Alston 709795 BY: PT John W. Moser 0508233 & TO ADOPT (CCRC-MIDDLE REGION)
02/08/2000 ORDER-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE GR CCRC-MIDDLE REGION MOT/JOIN & ADOPT, ETC. - WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PROVENZANO & SIMS WHO CURRENTLY HAVE OTHER ACTIONS PENDING IN THIS COURT OR THE TRIAL COURT RAISING SIMILAR ISSUES
02/08/2000 ORAL ARGUMENT CALENDAR
02/10/2000 MOTION-JOINDER PT Pablo San Martin 445904 BY: PT Jose Rafael Rodriguez 302007 PABLO SAN MARTIN (O&7 W/DISK)
02/11/2000 RESPONSE RS Robert A. Butterworth 114422 BY: RS Fariba N. Komeily 0375934 O&7 W/ DISKETTE
02/15/2000 ORDER-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE GR PABLO SAN MARTIN'S MOT/JOINDER, ETC.
02/15/2000 ORDER-RESPONSE/REPLY REQUESTED BY CCRC-MIDDLE RE: AMOS KING'S PRO SE MOT/JOIN LAWSUIT & REPRESENTATION
02/24/2000 MOTION-EXT OF TIME (REPLY TO RESPONSE) PT Lloyd Chase Allen BY: PT Todd G. Scher 899641
02/24/2000 ORDER-EXT OF TIME GR (REPLY TO RESPONSE) GRANT TO 2/25/2000
02/25/2000 REPLY TO RESPONSE PT Lloyd Chase Allen BY: PT Todd G. Scher 899641 O&7 & DISK
02/25/2000 RESPONSE PT Pressley Bernard Alston 709795 BY: PT Michael Paul Reiter 320234 AS TO REPRESENTATION OF AMOS KING (ORIG)
02/28/2000 LETTER PT Lloyd Chase Allen BY: PT Todd G. Scher 899641 W/DISKETTE FOR REPLY TO RESPONSE
03/03/2000 ORDER-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE GR AMOS LEE KING'S PRO SE MOT/JOIN LAWSUIT SHALL BE REPRESENTED BY CCRC-MIDDLE; KING'S REPRESENTATION IN THE FUTURE BEFORE THE STATE COURTS SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE TRIAL COURT FOR DETERMINATION OF COUNSEL; CCRC-M DIRECTED TO PRESENT THIS MATTER TO THE TRIAL COURT FOR DETERMINATION OF COUNSEL NO LATER THAN 30 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS ORDER (SEE ORDER)
03/14/2000 ORAL ARGUMENT HELD
03/24/2000 MOTION-JOINDER PT William Duane Elledge BY: PT Hilliard E. Moldof 215678 (WILLIAM DUANE ELLEDGE) WITH EMERGENCY PETITION FOR WRIT OF PROHIBITION, TO INVOKE THIS COURT'S ALL WRITS JURISDICTION, MOTION TO DECLARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL DPRA 2000, WITH REQUEST FOR IMMEIDATE TEMPORARY INJUNCTION RELIEF, FURTHER BRIEFING, AND ORAL ARGUMENT (O&7 W/DISK)
03/24/2000 MOTION-RECUSAL/DISQUALIFICATION PT Lloyd Chase Allen BY: PT Neal Andre Dupree 311545 (LLOYD CHASE ALLEN, ET AL.) DISCOVERY, RE-BRIEFING, AND RE-ARGUMENT(O&7) W/ DISKETTE
03/30/2000 ORDER-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE DY DISQUALIFICATION
03/30/2000 ORDER-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE DY BY CHIEF JUSTICE HARDING DENYING THE MOTION FOR DISQUALIFICATION FILED BY SEVERAL PARTIES
03/30/2000 ORDER-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE DY BY JUSTICE WELLS DENYING THE MOTION FOR HIS DISQUALIFICATION
04/03/2000 ORDER-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE GR WILLIAM DUANE ELLEDGE'S MOT/JOINDER, ETC.
04/04/2000 MOTION-JOINDER PT Jacob John Dougan, Jr. 046622 BY: PT Mark Evan Olive 578533 (JACOB JOHN DOUGAN, JR.) W/PETITIONS FOR WRITS OF MANDAMUS AND PROHIBITION AND OTHER EXTRAORDINARY RELIEF AND PETITION INVOKING THIS COURT'S ALL WRITS JURISDICTION (O&7 & DISK)
04/11/2000 ORDER-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE GR JACOB JOHN DOUGAN'S MOT/JOINDER, ETC.
04/14/2000 DISP-GRANTED/DENIED IN PART TREATED AS A MANDAMUS. Mandamus is the appropriate vehicle for addressing claims of unconstitutionality "where the functions of government will be adversely affected without an immediate determination." Id.; see also Dickinson v. Stone, 251 So. 2d 268, 271 (Fla. 1971). We find the DPRA unconstitutional, with the exception of sections 11, 14, 15, 16, and a portion of section 3 (section 119.19(9)). In place of the DPRA, we propose new rules 3.851 and 3.852. These rules are consistent with the Legislature's intent that postconviction actions in capital cases be "carried out in a manner that is fair, just, humane and that conforms to constitutional requirements." Ch. 2000-3, preamble, Laws of Fla.; Fla. CS for HB 1-A, at 3 (2000). The proposed rules will be published in The Florida Bar News, and interested parties will be invited to comment on and make suggestions regarding the rules, directed to the Court, by June 1, 2000.
05/02/2000 WEST CORRESPONDENCE On page nine, the subdivision appearing before the third paragraph "HISTORICAL BACKGROUND," has been moved correcting the subdivision heading to appear before the second paragraph on the second line, at the top of the page. On page 36, third line from top of the page, "Commission on Justice in Capital Cases," has been corrected to read, "Commission on Capital Cases." On page 38, "for Respondents" has been added to the attorney page. Substitute corrected opinion.
03/06/2001 ARCHIVES M/R-BOX 1520 (1 File)
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