[UPDATE: A number of visitors to this page are looking for information about how to vote for judges who will appear on the ballot on Nov. 2. I'm glad you landed here. I also encourage you to look at the Florida Bar's page on merit retention which has results of attorney surveys about the judges [...]
Florida v. Powell (a case very similar to the Rigterink case that I blogged about previously) is being argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday (at around 11am, I think.) The defendant was arrested in Tampa, but the case involves the Polk County public defender1. The defendant was given the following Miranda warning: You [...]
The Thomas William Rigterink murder case has generated some press lately because it has been appealed all the way up the the U.S. Supreme Court. The case involves the 2003 murders of two people in Polk County. Rigterink was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. More information about the murders and the history of the [...]
The ruling I reported on earlier that allows the public defender in Miami not to accect cases due to budget cuts was stayed pending resolution by the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals. The 3rd Distrct Court of Appeals has now asked the Florida Supreme Court to rule on the matter. Under Florida’s Constitution, a matter can [...]