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

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Volume 50, Issue 17
May 2, 2025

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CRIMINAL LAW

Absence of defendant--Sentencing--Resentencing--Proceeding on rule 3.800(a) motion following remand which only resulted in correction of scrivener's error 6DCA 943a

Appeals--Judges--Comments during jury instructions--Fundamental error 3DCA 909a

Appeals--Judges--Comments during jury instructions--Offhand musings on judge's negative opinion on usefulness of instructions--Preservation of issue 3DCA 909a

Civil Restitution Lien and Crime Victims' Remedy Act--Motion for imposition of lien--Authority to file--Department of Corrections 6DCA 941a

Competency of defendant--Sentencing--Death penalty--Evidentiary hearing--Continuance--Denial SCO 74a

Competency of defendant--Sentencing--Death penalty--Findings SCO 74a

Competency to be executed--Evidentiary hearing--Continuance--Denial SCO 74a

Competency to be executed--Findings SCO 74a

Costs--Investigative--Absence of evidence 4DCA 926a

Costs--Investigative--Absence of request 4DCA 926a

Costs--Prosecution costs--Duplicative costs--Imposition of statutory amount and higher amount requested by state 5DCA 938a

Counsel--Ineffectiveness--Claims first raised in amended rule 3.850 motion 4DCA 925a

Counsel--Ineffectiveness--Post conviction counsel--Habeas corpus SCO 71a

Cruel and/or unusual punishment--Indefinite imprisonment--Life sentence 3DCA 910b

Cruel and/or unusual punishment--Sentencing--Death penalty--Combat-related mental health issues SCO 71a

Cruel and/or unusual punishment--Sentencing--Death penalty--Conditions of confinement SCO 71a

Cruel and/or unusual punishment--Sentencing--Death penalty--Length of time on death row SCO 71a

Cruel and/or unusual punishment--Sentencing--Death penalty--Limitations on presentation of mitigating evidence SCO 71a

Cruel and/or unusual punishment--Sentencing--Death penalty--Warrant selection process SCO 71a

Habeas corpus--Counsel--Ineffectiveness--Post conviction counsel SCO 71a

Habeas corpus--Sentencing--Death penalty--Aggravating circumstances--Heinous, atrocious, or cruel--Constitutionality SCO 71a

Habeas corpus--Sentencing--Death penalty--Mental illness--Procedural bar SCO 71a

Habeas corpus--Sentencing--Death penalty--Mental illness--Timeliness of claim SCO 71a

Judges--Comments during jury instructions--Appeals--Fundamental error 3DCA 909a

Judges--Comments during jury instructions--Offhand musings on judge's negative opinion on usefulness of instructions--Appeals--Preservation of issue 3DCA 909a

Murder--Sentencing--Death penalty--see, Sentencing--Death penalty

Plea bargain--Sentencing--Deviation--Violation of Quarterman agreement--Conditions neither related to subsequent appearance at sentencing nor integral part of negotiated plea 2DCA 916a

Possession of firearm by convicted felon--Constitutionality of statute 4DCA 929a

Post conviction relief--Amended motion--Claims not raised in initial motion 4DCA 925a

Post conviction relief--Amended motion--Second amended motion 4DCA 925a

Post conviction relief--Amendment of motion--Claims that were legally or facially insufficient--Second opportunity to amend--Discretion to grant 4DCA 925a

Post conviction relief--Counsel--Ineffectiveness--see, Counsel--Ineffectiveness

Post conviction relief--Sentencing--Death penalty--Access to courts--Entitlement to presence of two legal witnesses and related accommodations SCO 71a

Post conviction relief--Sentencing--Death penalty--Cruel and/or unusual punishment--Combat-related mental health issues SCO 71a

Post conviction relief--Sentencing--Death penalty--Cruel and/or unusual punishment--Conditions of confinement SCO 71a

Post conviction relief--Sentencing--Death penalty--Cruel and/or unusual punishment--Length of time on death row SCO 71a

Post conviction relief--Sentencing--Death penalty--Cruel and/or unusual punishment--Limitations on presentation of mitigating evidence SCO 71a

Post conviction relief--Sentencing--Death penalty--Cruel and/or unusual punishment--Warrant selection process SCO 71a

Post conviction relief--Sentencing--Death penalty--Denial of due process--Compression of death warrant litigation schedule SCO 71a

Post conviction relief--Sentencing--Death penalty--Denial of due process--Reassignment to judge unfamiliar with case SCO 71a

Post conviction relief--Sentencing--Death penalty--Public records--Constitutionality of rule SCO 71a

Post conviction relief--Sentencing--Death penalty--Public records--Denial of request--Records unrelated to colorable claim for relief SCO 71a

Public records--Capital case--Constitutionality of rule SCO 71a

Public records--Capital case--Denial of request--Records unrelated to colorable claim for relief SCO 71a

Sentencing--10/20/Life statute--Mandatory minimum--Sentence of additional years beyond selected mandatory minimum--Illegal sentence--Rule 3.800(a) motion 4DCA 930a

Sentencing--Correction--Rule 3.800(a) motion--Illegal sentence--Sentence of additional years beyond selected mandatory minimum under 10/20/Life statute 4DCA 930a

Sentencing--Correction--Rule 3.800(a) motion--Resentencing--Absence of defendant--Proceeding on remand which only resulted in correction of scrivener's error 6DCA 943a

Sentencing--Death penalty--Aggravating circumstances--Heinous, atrocious, or cruel--Constitutionality--Habeas corpus SCO 71a

Sentencing--Death penalty--Competency of defendant--Evidentiary hearing--Continuance--Denial SCO 74a

Sentencing--Death penalty--Competency of defendant--Findings SCO 74a

Sentencing--Death penalty--Mental illness--Habeas corpus--Procedural bar SCO 71a

Sentencing--Death penalty--Mental illness--Habeas corpus--Timeliness of claim SCO 71a

Sentencing--Death penalty--Post conviction relief--Access to courts--Entitlement to presence of two legal witnesses and related accommodations SCO 71a

Sentencing--Death penalty--Post conviction relief--Cruel and/or unusual punishment--Combat-related mental health issues SCO 71a

Sentencing--Death penalty--Post conviction relief--Cruel and/or unusual punishment--Conditions of confinement SCO 71a

Sentencing--Death penalty--Post conviction relief--Cruel and/or unusual punishment--Length of time on death row SCO 71a

Sentencing--Death penalty--Post conviction relief--Cruel and/or unusual punishment--Limitations on presentation of mitigating evidence SCO 71a

Sentencing--Death penalty--Post conviction relief--Cruel and/or unusual punishment--Warrant selection process SCO 71a

Sentencing--Death penalty--Post conviction relief--Denial of due process--Compression of death warrant litigation schedule SCO 71a

Sentencing--Death penalty--Post conviction relief--Denial of due process--Reassignment to judge unfamiliar with case SCO 71a

Sentencing--Death penalty--Public records--Constitutionality of rule SCO 71a

Sentencing--Death penalty--Public records--Denial of request--Records unrelated to colorable claim for relief SCO 71a

Sentencing--Death penalty--Stay of execution--Denial SCO 74a

Sentencing--Indefinite imprisonment--Life sentence 3DCA 910b

Sentencing--Life imprisonment--Constitutionality--"Indefinite imprisonment" 3DCA 910b

Sentencing--Mandatory minimum--10/20/Life statute--Sentence of additional years beyond selected mandatory minimum--Illegal sentence--Rule 3.800(a) motion 4DCA 930a

Sentencing--Plea agreement--Deviation--Violation of Quarterman agreement--Conditions neither related to subsequent appearance at sentencing nor integral part of negotiated plea 2DCA 916a

Sentencing--Resentencing--Absence of defendant--Proceeding on rule 3.800(a) motion following remand which only resulted in correction of scrivener's error 6DCA 943a