Subject Matter Index
Criminal Law
© 2025 Judicial & Administrative Research Associates, Inc.

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Volume 50, Issue 25
June 27, 2025

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CRIMINAL LAW

Appeals--Sentencing--Failure of trial court to recognize discretion in sentencing--Fundamental error 3DCA 1339a

Appeals--Sentencing--Violent career criminal--Trial court under mistaken belief that it lacked discretion in imposing VCC sentence--Preservation of issue 3DCA 1339a

Counsel--Appointed--Discharge--Ineffectiveness of counsel--Failure to depose victim 1DCA 1350b

Counsel--Appointed--Discharge--Ineffectiveness of counsel--Failure to provide defendant with discovery 1DCA 1350b

Counsel--Appointed--Discharge--Ineffectiveness of counsel--Lack of visitation 1DCA 1350b

Counsel--Self-representation--Duty to advise defendant of right to self-representation 1DCA 1350b

Counsel--Self-representation--Inquiry--Necessity--Absence of unequivocal request for self-representation 1DCA 1350b

Counsel--Waiver--Duty to advise defendant of right to waive counsel 1DCA 1350b

Counsel--Waiver--Inquiry--Necessity--Absence of unequivocal request for self-representation 1DCA 1350b

Cruel and/or unusual punishment--Indefinite imprisonment--Life sentence 3DCA 1328a

Dismissal--Driving with canceled, suspended or revoked license as habitual traffic offender--HTO designation premised on prior uncounseled convictions 1DCA 1347b

Driving with canceled, suspended or revoked license as habitual traffic offender--Dismissal--HTO designation premised on prior uncounseled convictions 1DCA 1347b

DUI manslaughter--Sentencing--Mandatory minimum--Suspended sentence 1DCA 1353a

Evidence--Hearsay--Exceptions--Business records--GPS records--Records containing handwritten markings 1DCA 1354a

Evidence--Hearsay--Statement of ownership--Usernames--Username which included email address incorporating victim's name 1DCA 1354a

Manslaughter--Driving under influence--Sentencing--Mandatory minimum--Suspended sentence 1DCA 1353a

Murder--Evidence--Hearsay--Exceptions--Business records--GPS records--Records containing handwritten markings 1DCA 1354a

Murder--Evidence--Hearsay--Statement of ownership--Usernames--Username which included email address incorporating victim's name 1DCA 1354a

Resisting, obstructing, or opposing officer without violence--Jury instructions--Knowledge of officer's intent to detain--Failure to instruct 3DCA 1329a

Resisting, obstructing, or opposing officer without violence--Sufficiency of evidence 3DCA 1329a

Sentencing--Correction--Rule 3.800(a) motion--Error not apparent on face of record 3DCA 1341b

Sentencing--Correction--Rule 3.800(b)(2) motion--Sentencing errors--Trial court's failure to recognize discretion in sentencing 3DCA 1339a

Sentencing--DUI manslaughter--Mandatory minimum--Suspended sentence 1DCA 1353a

Sentencing--Habitual violent felony offender--Eligibility--Determination by judge rather than jury--Constitutionality--Effect of U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Erlinger v. U.S. 3DCA 1341b

Sentencing--Indefinite imprisonment--Life sentence 3DCA 1328a

Sentencing--Life imprisonment--Constitutionality--"Indefinite imprisonment" 3DCA 1328a

Sentencing--Mandatory minimum--Suspended sentence 1DCA 1353a

Sentencing--Prison Releasee Reoffender Act--Eligibility--Determination by judge rather than jury--Constitutionality--Effect of U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Erlinger v. U.S. 3DCA 1341b

Sentencing--Trial court's failure to recognize discretion in sentencing--Appeals--Fundamental error 3DCA 1339a

Sentencing--Violent career criminal--Trial court's mistaken belief that it lacked discretion in imposing VCC sentence--Appeals--Preservation of issue 3DCA 1339a

JUVENILES

Discovery--Production of documents and things without deposition--Amendment to procedural rule SCO 139b

Rules of procedure--Amendment--Discovery--Production of documents and things without deposition SCO 139b