Category: Courts
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Appeals court agrees BSO deputy has ‘stand your ground’ immunity for battery in controversial pepper spray and takedown of teen
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A state appeals court today affirmed a Broward judge’s decision to dismiss a misdemeanor battery charge against Sgt. Gregory LaCerra for his role in the pepper-spraying of a teenager in Tamarac in April 2019 because the officer was standing his ground. -
Runup to 2022 elections: A court contest that’s really about thwarting the Big Lie
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A court challenge to Miami-Dade County’s election chief Christina White marks the early days of a rollicking Florida political season runup to the August primary and November general elections. -
Florida Supreme Court makes it risky for a defendant to tell a judge ‘I’m innocent’
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The Florida Supreme Court is sending this message to criminal defendants: If you think you were wrongly convicted, keep it to yourself. -
Under the gun of a new discipline rule, Florida lawyers had better keep judges happy…or else
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Judges who want to punish lawyers for any reason now have a superpower that can derail careers, courtesy of the Florida Bar and the Florida Supreme Court. -
‘Writing on the wall’ at prominent appeals court supports DeSantis’s pandemic agenda
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A Florida appellate judge who openly sneered at a COVID-19 precaution seems to be helping his court steer legal rulings toward political goals. -
Broward judge ignores tainted bank documents to justify foreclosures, watchdog report charges
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward Circuit Judge Andrea Gundersen, who runs the court’s foreclosure docket, often rules for banks and against homeowners even when the banks use sketchy documents, a consumer watchdog charges in a recent report.
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