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News Service Of FloridaJune 4, 2019

Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office is urging the Florida Supreme Court to reverse course on decisions that allowed dozens of convicted murderers to have their death sentences reconsidered. Moody’s office late Monday filed a 59-page brief in a case in which the Supreme Court is delving into whether changes in Florida’s death-penalty sentencing system should […]

News Service Of FloridaApril 20, 2019

The high court has changed.

Jim RosicaApril 11, 2019

Justices could have “official headquarters” elsewhere in the state.

Staff ReportsJanuary 22, 2019

He served, among other posts, as chief of staff to former Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Staff ReportsJanuary 14, 2019

Leaders in law, politics and business chimed in after news that Gov. Ron DeSantis had appointed appellate judge Robert Luck to fill a vacancy on the state’s Supreme Court: — Republican Attorney General Ashley Moody: “Judge Luck has distinguished himself in his service as a federal prosecutor, circuit court judge, and a judge on the Third District Court of Appeal. […]

Staff ReportsJanuary 14, 2019

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday appointed Robert J. Luck, a judge on the 3rd District Court of Appeal in Miami, to the Florida Supreme Court. He’s the first Jewish justice to be named since Barbara Pariente was appointed by Gov. Lawton Chiles in 1997. DeSantis announced the pick — first reported Sunday night by Florida Politics — at […]

Jim RosicaJanuary 14, 2019

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday will appoint Robert J. Luck, a judge on the 3rd District Court of Appeal in Miami, to the Florida Supreme Court. The Governor’s Office on Sunday night said DeSantis will “make a major announcement” at 10 a.m. in Miami. Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez also is slated to attend. Three sources later confirmed to Florida […]

Jim RosicaJanuary 8, 2019

Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ office on Tuesday said the new governor “will make an important announcement regarding the Florida Supreme Court.” The announcement is set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Freedom Tower in Miami. DeSantis has three seats to fill; Justices Barbara Pariente, R. Fred Lewis, and Peggy A. Quince all faced mandatory age-related retirement Tuesday. The next justices will […]

Lloyd DunkelbergerJanuary 8, 2019

Floridians can expect a quick start to the Ron DeSantis administration, with the new governor ready to make key appointments to the state Supreme Court, announce a major environmental initiative and try to improve the medical-marijuana system. “Within the next week, I think you guys are going to have a lot to write about,” DeSantis […]

News Service Of FloridaDecember 20, 2018

A divided Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against an anesthesiologist in a Miami-Dade County medical-malpractice case involving a woman who died while undergoing surgery in 2009 for a tumor in her skull. Justices, in a 4-3 decision, overturned a verdict for anesthesiologist Arturo Lorenzo, who conducted a pre-anesthesia evaluation of Maria Elena Espinosa before she […]

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