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75 matches for 'circuit judge'
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Attorney: Florida judge in sex trial involving teenage lesbians should step down
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VERO BEACH, Fla. -- The attorney for a young Florida woman who was charged with a felony for having sexual contact with her 14-year-old girlfriend has filed a motion asking the judge to remove himself from the case.
Circuit Judge [...]
From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at June 18, 2013, 2:29pm in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs
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Kaitlyn Hunt's Attorney Asks Judge To Step Down From Case
Kaitlyn Hunt's attorney has asked the judge presiding over the case to remove himself. Turns out, Circuit Judge Robert Pegg set a trial date for Hunt for September. See also: -Kaitlyn Hunt, Fl... [...]
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Kaitlyn Hunt's Attorney Asks Judge To Step Down From Case
Kaitlyn Hunt's attorney has asked the judge presiding over the case to remove himself. Turns out, Circuit Judge Robert Pegg set a trial date for Hunt for September. See also: -Kaitlyn Hunt, Fl... [...]
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The Random Pixels Quote of the Day
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Sigler Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Victoria Sigler in court yesterday issuing an order to attorneys for Miami Beach requiring them to turn over crime scene photographs taken following the 2011 Memorial Day weekend shooting that left 22-year-old Raymond Herisse dead. "May they be color, may they be black and white, may they be" [...]
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Legal Tidbits: Tweeting From Court?
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
The Broward County Courthouse has entered the Twitter age.
Circuit Judge Matthew Destry has been tweeting pictures from his courtroom. See the site here.
Judge Matt Destry (Photo: Jaablog)
The tweeting has Public Defender Howard “Help Me Howard” Finkelstein upset, according to the Sun-Sentinel’s courthouse wiz Rafael Olmeda.
This is a [...]
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John Goodman House Arrest Ruling Will Come Next Week, Judge Says
In a Friday morning hearing, Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Jeffrey Colbath said that he will rule next week on whether John Goodman can be removed from house arrest, and have his ankle monitor ... [...]
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John Goodman House Arrest Ruling Will Come Next Week, Judge Says
In a Friday morning hearing, Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Jeffrey Colbath said that he will rule next week on whether John Goodman can be removed from house arrest, and have his ankle monitor ... [...]
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PHIL DAVIS CONVICTION AFFIRMED
Number of comments: 25
. (Inmate Phil Davis)
The year was 1992 when the name "courtbroom" broke across a Miami. First a whisper, the courtbroom scandal- a federal investigation into Miami Circuit Judges selling court appointments for kickbacks- crested and broke upon Miami and ravaged the reputation of the Miami legal community like Hurricane [...]
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George Zimmerman Waives "Stand Your Ground" Pretrial Hearing
George Zimmerman, the man charged with fatally shooting Trayvon Martin, stood before Circuit Judge Debra Nelson on Tuesday morning and told her he will not have a "stand your ground" hearing befo... [...]
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George Zimmerman Waives "Stand Your Ground" Pre-Trial Hearing
George Zimmerman, the man charged with fatally shooting Trayvon Martin, stood before Circuit Judge Debra Nelson on Tuesday morning and told her he will not have a "stand your ground" hearing befo... [...]
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John Goodman Juror to Have Ground Rules Set by Judge
John Goodman's lawyers are looking for a way to get their client a retrial, and they just may have found it. Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Jeffrey Colbath is set to attend a hearing that will s... [...]
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John Goodman Juror To Have Ground Rules Set By Judge
John Goodman's lawyers are looking for a way to get their client a retrial, and they just may have found it. Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Jeffrey Colbath is set to attend a hearing that will s...' [...]
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Judicial Campaigns For 2014 Taking Shape
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BY BUDDY NEVINS
Next year’s judicial races are slowly getting underway.
Julie Shapiro-Harris, who lost a close one last year, opened her campaign account for 2014 last week. She is running for Circuit Court Group 17, now occupied by the retiring Circuit Judge Jeffrey Steitfeld.
Harris was beaten by Michael Rothschild by 2,930 [...]
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Mayo: Why wasn't Wasserman-Rubin judge tossed?
The takeaway from Diana Wasserman-Rubin's misdemeanor plea deal: Crime pays, especially for politicians who abuse the public trust. Once again, Broward State Attorney Mike Satz comes up looking soft on political corruption. And just who is Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Spencer Eig, and why didn't Satz's prosecutors call for his recusal' [...]
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Judge In Michelle Spence-Jones Case Steps Aside For Not Revealing Conflict
Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Jorge E. Cueto should have known better. On Tuesday, he angrily removed himself from a civil case challenging Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones' third run for offi...
Continue reading "Judge in Michelle Spence-Jones Case Steps Aside for Not Revealing Conflict" > ' [...]
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Obama nominates Judge Bill Pryor to Sentencing Commission
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From the Montgomery Advertiser:President Barack Obama nominated former Alabama attorney general and current U.S. circuit judge Bill Pryor to be a commissioner on the U.S. Sentencing Commission, the White House announced Monday evening.
Pryor, who served as attorney general from 1997 to 2004, serves on the U.S. [...]
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Michelle Spence-Jones denied third term re-election
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Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Jorge E. Cueto ruled City of Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones ineligible to seek re-election for the District 5 seat for a third term. The lawsuit was filed by former Commissioner Rev. Richard Dunn. City Attorney Julie Bru and Spence-Jones will likely appeal the [...]
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Corruption Case: Costs Continue To Rise
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
The nightmare isn’t over for Tamarac Mayor Beth Talabisco…or taxpayers.
Corruption charges against Talabisco were thrown out by Circuit Judge Cyndy Imperato in March, 2012.
Judge Cindy Imperato: Threw out case for lack of evidence
Imperato ruled there was no evidence that the mayor received a personal benefit from contributions by [...]
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Miami Herald prepares to write the next chapter (cont.)
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As the Miami Herald gets ready to move into a new building in Doral, Random Pixels looks back at some key dates and events in the paper's history. 1944 - Nov 18: Dade Circuit judges cite Herald for contempt for publishing two editorials and a cartoon criticizing the court. 1945 - July [...]
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Miami-Dade circuit judge OK's plan for gay man, lesbian couple to be on daughter's birth certificate
BY STEVE ROTHAUS, SROTHAUS@MIAMIHERALD.COM
A Miami-Dade circuit judge has approved a private adoption allowing three people — a gay man and a married lesbian couple — to be [...]
From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at February 06, 2013, 1:42pm in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs -
Miami-Dade circuit judge OK’s plan for gay man, lesbian couple to be legal parents of young daughter
BY STEVE ROTHAUS, SROTHAUS@MIAMIHERALD.COMA Miami-Dade circuit judge has approved a private adoption allowing three people — a gay man and a married lesbian couple — to be listed [...]
From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at February 06, 2013, 1:42pm in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs
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State loses attempt to have Sansom suit dropped
A Leon County circuit judge on Thursday denied a motion by the state to dismiss a suit by former House Speaker Ray Sansom, who is seeking more than $800,000 to cover his legal defense against corruption charges that were later dropped.
Calling it a “fascinating case,” Judge Kevin J. Carroll said the suit should [...]
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Let’s Channel the Anger Over Traverso
The year in jail that Miami-Dade Circuit Judge William Thomas sentenced Michele Traverso to is far too insignificant for killing Aaron Cohen last year. … [...]From Green Mobility Network - Active personal transportation for a better South Florida at January 17, 2013, 5:00pm in Living, Environment
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Gov and Cabinet declare legal war over mansion expansion, lose first round
A Leon County circuit judge Tuesday rejected accusations by Gov. Rick Scott and members of the Cabinet that challenged the integrity of John K. Aurell, a prominent North Florida lawyer and son-in-law of former Gov. LeRoy Collins.
"I see no breach of contract and no violation of ethics on the part [...]
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“Perhaps there is a police officer somewhere who would interpret an automobile passenger’s giving him the finger as a signal of distress...
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...But the nearly universal recognition that this gesture is an insult deprives such an interpretation of reasonableness."
That was Second Circuit Judge Jon O. Newman in an opinion all about the middle finger. Here's the intro to the opinion:
An irate automobile passenger’s act of “giving the" [...]
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Goodman's $2k-a-day home jailing unfair
The next time someone says the justice system treats offenders equally, just tell them about John Goodman, the Wellington polo magnate convicted of manslaughter DUI.
He's already been tried, already been convicted and already has been sentenced to 16 years in prison by a state circuit judge in Palm Beach' [...]
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CFO Jeff Atwater must testify in 'Taj Mahal' case
Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater will have to answer questions under oath in a lawsuit filed by the owner of a Tallahassee art gallery that was never paid for framed photographs valued at more than $357,000 for the new 1st District Court of Appeal.
Attorneys for Atwater asked Leon Circuit Judge [...]
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Unions' lawsuit targets prison medical privatization
State employee labor unions were back in a Tallahassee courtroom Monday, trying to block Gov. Rick Scott's administration from outsourcing all health care for inmates in the nation's third-largest prison system. Leon County Circuit Judge John Cooper posed questions to both sides for nearly two hours and promised a quick ruling.
"There's a lot on [...]
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Openly gay Miami-Dade Circuit Judge William L. Thomas nominated as federal judge
BY JAY WEAVER & STEVE ROTHAUS, jweaver@MiamiHerald.com
William L. Thomas was nominated Wednesday as a federal judge in South Florida.
President Barack Obama nominated Thomas, a Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge since 2005, for a vacant post on the federal bench. If [...]
From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at November 14, 2012, 7:27pm in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs
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Miami-Dade judge rules new Florida law governing death-penalty legal fees unconstitutional
A Miami-Dade judge says a law tying legal bills for defending death penalty defendants to annual budgets of state judges is unconstitutional.
Circuit Judge Victoria Sigler said the law violates Florida’s constitution, which guarantees a separation of power between the judiciary and lawmakers — who are supposed to be the ones [...]
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