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• ALL COUNTS NG AT 2:39 PM

  
  
  Hilly Moldof's big gamble paid off.  Turning down a mistrial and asking for two jurors to be replaced by alternates equals a big win for the defense.  The 10-2 split was in Penalver's favor just as Moldof had predicted, with Moldof also correctly assuming that the two jurors [...]
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• PENALVER VERDICT: NOT GUILTY!

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• PRETRIAL BLOODBATH?

  Scott Israel's November election immediately set off alarm bells in courthouse circles regarding the highly successful Pretrial Release program.  Powerful bondsmen were early supporters of Israel, and their distaste for the program has been aired everywhere from the courthouse cafe to the County Commission.  Early feedback after the election was positive, namely' [...]
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• DEADLOCK!

  The Seth Penalver jury is in its sixth day of sequestration.  This may be a record for a criminal case in Broward County.  Lawyers and judge and court staff spent the entire weekend on call, roaming the halls of the courthouse and their offices while deliberations were ongoing.
  
  This morning [...]
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• MEET JUDGE SCHERER

   This is not a drill ...
  
  Phones started lighting up around 6 pm - Liz Scherer is your new circuit court judge.  She'll be taking over for Lynn Rosenthal in Dependency in January.
  
  Did Bill Scherer's resignation from the JNC have anything to do with Liz's promotion' [...]

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• JAABCAM

  
  
  
  1.) Confused courthouse employees after this morning's evacuation.  Were they supposed to go home?  Could they go Christmas shopping?  Or was everyone due back at work in an hour?; 2.) Peter Weinstein hosted Jesse Panuccio, Rick Scott's outgoing General Counsel (R, with shoulder bag), last Friday in his [...]
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• MOVEMENT

  Here is the Administrative Order (AO) assigning judges, effective January 14th.  It has yet to be posted on the 17th Circuit's website, probably due to the courthouse closure confusion.
  
  How did we do?
  
  *UPDATE* - Now that we've had a little time to review the AO, it turns [...]
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