Category: Fourth District Court of Appeal
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AG Uthmeier ignores ‘duty to prosecute’ and 4th DCA rules kids as young as Parkland killer Nikolas Cruz can carry concealed guns
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Last week the state appeals court for Broward County, where the 2018 Parkland school massacre took place, ruled that kids as young as convicted killer Nikolas Cruz have the right to walk around with concealed weapons. -
Second South Florida judge who favored Trump in libel ruling is steps away from lifetime post on federal court
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A state appeals court judge who’s poised to secure a lifetime position on South Florida’s federal court stands accused of hanging onto a case he should have dropped so he could rule in favor of President Donald Trump. -
Trump’s strategy to rewrite history of ‘Russia hoax’ plays out in Florida courts
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
President Trump’s go-to grievance, “the Russia Russia Russia hoax,” is honored in Florida state courts, where judges help him threaten the media and revise the story of the 2016 presidential election. -
Florida taxpayers paid $1.72 million to compensate ‘wrongly incarcerated’ Sidney Holmes. Did the state get it right?
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The State v. Sidney Lamar Holmes is finally over. After 34 years behind bars, he’s now two years out of prison. And with Gov. Ron DeSantis’s signature this month on a special appropriation to compensate Holmes, unanimously passed by the Legislature, Florida’s taxpayers are out $1.72 million. -
Judge Shull to mom who fears his wrath: I won’t let go of your custody case
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A complaint blasting Palm Beach Circuit Judge Darren Shull for gender bias, from four angry mothers to the state’s top prosecutor, didn’t move Shull to drop one outspoken woman’s tangled child custody case. -
Bergeron loses appeal against Waste Management in recycling case; huge legal fees loom
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
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