OVERVIEW - 5 cases 0 - Florida Supreme Court Cases 2 - First DCA Cases 1 - Second DCA Cases 0 - Third DCA Cases 1 - Fourth DCA Cases 0 - Fifth DCA Cases 2 - Sixth DCA Cases Case #1 - Martina v. State, No. 1D20-3776 (Fla. 1st DCA)(February 1, 2023) Case #2 - Mathis Sims v. State, No. 1D21-0869 (Fla. 1st DCA)(February 1, 2023) Case #3 - Weston v. State, No. 2D22-1216 (Fla. 2nd DCA)(February 3, 2023) Case #4 - State v. Mancuso, No. 4D22-808 (Fla. 4th DCA)(February 1, 2023) Case #5 - Brand v. State, No. 6D23-1217 (Fla. 6th DCA)(February 3, 2023) Case #6 - Jefferson v. State, No. 6D23-1208 (Fla ..read more

OVERVIEW 11 cases 3 published decisions 8 unpublished decisions Written Summaries HERE Case #01 - United States v. Dupree, No. 19-13776 (11th Cir. Pub. Dec.)(January 18, 2023) Case #02 - United States v. Oudomsine, No. 22-10924 (11th Cir. Pub. Dec.)(January 18, 2023) Case #03 -  United States v. Scott, No. 21-11467 (11th Cir. Pub. Dec.)(January 20, 2023) Case #04 - United States v. Beiter, No. 22-12282 (11th Cir. Unpub. Dec.)(January 18, 2023) Case #05 - United States v. Bivins, No. 22-10820 (11th Cir. Unpub. Dec.)(January 20, 2023) Case #06 - United States v. Farrelly, No. 21-11413 (11 ..read more

OVERVIEW  0 - Florida Supreme Court Cases 0 - First DCA Cases 3 - Second DCA Cases 0 - Third DCA Cases 2 - Fourth DCA Cases 1 - Fifth DCA Cases WRITTEN SUMMARIES HERE We have 8 cases to talk about this week, including a discussion about alligator eggs, edited facial tattoos, lesser included offenses, zoom hearings, lack of remorse at sentencing and more.  Case #01 - Beasley v. State, No. 2D19-4257 (Fla. 2nd DCA)(January 20, 2023) Case #02 - Jimenez, Jr. v. State, No. 2D22-1792 (Fla. 2nd DCA)(January 20, 2023) Case #03 - Walker v. State, No. 2D21-2675 (Fla. 2nd DCA)(January 20, 2023 ..read more

OVERVIEW 7 cases 3 published decisions 4 unpublished decisions WRITTEN CASE LAW SUMMARIES HERE Case # 1 - United States v. Moran, No. 21-12573 (11th Cir. Pub. Dec.)(January 13, 2023) Case #2 -    United States v. Pate, No. 20-10545 (11th Cir. Pub. Dec.)(January 11, 2023) Case #3 - Kallen-Zury v. United States, No. 20-12385 (11th Cir. Unpub. Dec.)(January 12, 2023) Case #4 - United States v. Cash, No. 21-10906 (11th Cir. Unpub. Dec.)(January 12, 2023) Case #5 - United States v. Harrison, No. 21-14514 (11th Cir. Pub. Dec.)(January 10, 2022) Case # 6 - United States v. Madden, No ..read more

OVERVIEW  0 - Florida Supreme Court Cases 1 - First DCA Cases 3 - Second DCA Cases 0 - Third DCA Cases 0 - Fourth DCA Cases 0 - Fifth DCA Cases 0 - Sixth DCA Cases WRITTEN CASE SUMMARIES HERE Case #1 - Washington v. State, No. 1D22-2358 (Fla. 1st DCA)(January 11, 2023) Case #2 - Evans v. State, No. 2D21-3450 (Fla. 2nd DCA)(January 13, 2023) Case #3 - Gibson-Capo v. State, No. 2D21-2776 (Fla. 2nd DCA)(January 13, 2023) Case #4 - Mercado v. State, No. 2D21-3444 (Fla. 2nd DCA)(January 13, 2023 ..read more

OVERVIEW - 6 0 - Florida Supreme Court Cases 3 - First DCA Cases 2 - Second DCA Cases 0 - Third DCA Cases 1 - Fourth DCA Cases 0 - Fifth DCA Cases Written summaries of each case here  Case #1 - Byram v. State, No. 1D22-828 (Fla. 1st DCA)(December 14, 2022) - 1:02 Byram is a timeliness of a 3.850 ineffective assistance of counsel case out of Baker County.  Case #2 - State v. Snow, No. 1D22-90 (Fla. 1st DCA)(December 12, 2022) - 2:17 Seems this was a timeliness of appeals week for the 1st DCA. Case #3 - Hamilton v. State, No. 1D21-2532 (Fla. 1st DCA)(December 12, 2022) - 7:2 ..read more

OVERVIEW 1 case 1 published decisions 0 unpublished decisions 8 miscellaneous cases not discussed on podcast Case # 1 - United States v. Garçon, No. 19-14650 (11th Cir. Pub. Dec.)(December 6, 2022)- Garcon is an important Safety Valve case discussing what criminal history will disqualify a defendant from Safety Valve consideration.  This case further divides the circuits who have split on whether the word "and" really means "and."  Compassionate Release United States v. Ramirez, No. 21-14295 (11th Cir. Unpub. Dec.)(December 5, 2022) United States v. White, No. 22-10027 (11th Cir ..read more

OVERVIEW - 7 0 - Florida Supreme Court Cases 3 - First DCA Cases 3 - Second DCA Cases 0 - Third DCA Cases 1 - Fourth DCA Cases 0 - Fifth DCA Cases Case #1 - Luster v. State, No. 1D21-2902 (Fla. 1st DCA)(December 7, 2022) - 1:15 Luster is a Burglary of a Dwelling case out of Leon County. Case #2 - State v. McLaney, No. 1D22-261 (Fla. 1st DCA)(December 6, 2022) - 3:09 McLaney is a downward departure case out of Walton County.  Case #3 -  Williams v. State, No. 1D22-1642 (Fla. 1st DCA)(December 8, 2022) - 6:48 Williams is a 3.850  “comment on a defendant’s right to remain si ..read more

OVERVIEW 5 cases 1 published decisions 4 unpublished decisions Written Summaries HERE Case #1 - United States v. Trump, No. 22-13005 (11th Cir. Pub. Dec.)(December 2, 2022) - 1:15 Trump is an appeal out of the Southern District of Florida stemming from the search warrant executed on Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home.  Case #2 - United States v. Mencia, No. 18-13967 (11th Cir. Unpub. Dec.)(November 30, 2022) - 11:35  Mencia is a remand from the U.S. Supreme Court in light of Ruan v. United States involving a doctor charged with distributing controlled substances. Case #3 - United S ..read more

OVERVIEW - 21 Cases  4 - 1st DCA Cases 14 - 2nd DCA Cases 1- 3rd DCA Cases 1- 4th DCA Cases 1 - 5th DCA Cases Read the written summaries here 1st DCA Case #1 - Duffy v. State - 1 :51 Case #2 - Johnson v. State -3:28 Case #3 - Miles v. State - 6:06 Case #4 - State v. Wagner - 9:12 2nd DCA Case #5 - Bennett v. State - 12:50 Case #6 - Chapper v. State - 14:41 Case #7 - Douglas v. State - 17:27 Case #8 - Hicks v. State - 19:22 Case #9 - Hill v. State - 21:59 Case #10 - Jefferson v. State- 24:31 Case #11 - Neer v. State - 27:50 Case #12 - Meinecke v. State - 32:02 Case #13 - Murphy v. State ..read more