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Search and Seizure
Florida search-and-seizure opinions, suppression issues, warrants, stops, and privacy questions.
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Statutes / rules
Fourth Amendment
Federal constitutional search-and-seizure source commonly paired with Florida Article I, section 12 analysis.
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Vehicle Searches
Traffic stops, vehicle searches, inventory searches, probable cause, and suppression practice.
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Tools
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Search public FloridaScore opinions, topics, courts, practice areas, statutes, tools, and legal updates.
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Search Warrants
Warrant affidavits, Franks issues, omissions, probable cause, and suppression-hearing procedure.
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Miranda
Custody, interrogation, invocation, waiver, suppression hearings, and appellate preservation.
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Articles / Jun 22, 2026
Miranda suppression issues turn on the trial record more than the slogan
Recent defense practice notes emphasize custody, interrogation, invocation, waiver, and whether the factual record was developed before appeal.
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Fourth Amendment
Search, seizure, warrant, probable-cause, and suppression issues in Florida criminal practice.
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Cannabis / Marijuana
Florida cannabis search, seizure, possession, hemp, odor, and probable-cause issues.
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Statutes / rules
Article I, Section 12, Florida Constitution
Florida constitutional search-and-seizure provision linked with Fourth Amendment interpretation.
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Tools
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Opinions / Florida Supreme Court / Jul 24, 2026
James Aren Duckett v. State of Florida
The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court’s summary denial of James Aren Duckett’s sixth successive postconviction motion and his second post-warrant motion for DNA testing. The Court held the DNA motion was procedurally barred and also failed because the items identified did not contain testable DNA. It also rejected Duckett’s due-process claim because he did not show bad faith by the State in the testing that consumed the earlier sample.
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Opinions / Florida Supreme Court / Jul 21, 2026
Dominick A. Occhicone v. State of Florida
The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the denial of Dominick A. Occhicone’s second successive postconviction motion and denied his motion for a stay of execution. The Court rejected his public-records, equal-protection, age-based Eighth Amendment, execution-pace, and seven-to-five jury recommendation claims. The decision emphasizes the Court’s application of colorable-claim, timeliness, and existing constitutional limits in post-warrant capital litigation.
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Sentencing
Florida sentencing updates, Criminal Punishment Code scoring, enhancements, mitigation, and preservation.
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Florida Criminal Punishment Code
Scoresheet arithmetic, offense severity levels, CPC worksheet sources, and sentencing-point issues.
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Probation Violations
Violation-of-probation proof, hearsay limits, new-law violations, and revocation procedure.
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DUI
Florida DUI opinions, suppression issues, implied consent, breath testing, and appellate preservation.
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Firearms
Florida firearm enhancements, possession offenses, sentencing points, and appellate issues.
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Double Jeopardy
Florida double-jeopardy opinions, unit of prosecution, merger, and sentencing issues.
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Jury Instructions
Florida jury-instruction preservation, standard instructions, and trial-error review.
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Personal Injury
Florida negligence, damages, insurance, discovery, proposals for settlement, and civil procedure updates.
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Insurance
Florida insurance coverage, UM/UIM, bad faith, claim-file discovery, and appellate opinions.
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Discovery
Florida civil and criminal discovery updates, claim-file disputes, privilege, work product, sanctions, and trial-court procedure.
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Bad Faith
Florida bad-faith litigation, coverage timing, discovery boundaries, and claim-file disputes.
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UM / UIM
Uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage issues, claim-file discovery, and privilege questions.
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Proposals for Settlement
Florida proposal-for-settlement litigation, good faith, fee entitlement, and rule/statute issues.
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Negligence
Florida negligence updates, duty, causation, comparative fault, damages proof, and civil appellate issues.
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Damages
Florida damages issues, proof, setoffs, remittitur, insurance, and preservation in civil and personal-injury cases.
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Liens
Florida lien issues for personal-injury practice, settlement administration, reductions, and source-material tracking.
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Civil Procedure
Florida civil procedure, discovery, fees, appellate preservation, and procedural defaults.
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Appellate Procedure
Florida appeals, preservation, jurisdiction, standards of review, and appellate court procedure.
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Criminal Appeals
Florida criminal appellate opinions, preservation, suppression, sentencing, and postconviction issues.
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Expert Witnesses
Florida expert-witness admissibility, discovery, Daubert, and trial preservation topics.
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Statutes / rules
Florida Criminal Punishment Code
FloridaScore's CPC hub for sentencing scoresheet sources, offense severity charts, and worksheet arithmetic.
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Statutes / rules
Proposals for Settlement
Florida proposal-for-settlement source hub for fee-shifting and good-faith offer disputes.
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Statutes / rules
Bad Faith
Florida bad-faith source hub for civil remedy, insurance coverage, and discovery issues.
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Courts / Florida Supreme Court
Florida Supreme Court
The state's highest court, including discretionary review, certified questions, constitutional issues, rules, and statewide legal questions.
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Courts / First District Court of Appeal
First District Court of Appeal
Florida's First DCA appellate opinions and FloridaScore summaries when published.
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Courts / Second District Court of Appeal
Second District Court of Appeal
Florida's Second DCA appellate opinions and FloridaScore summaries when published.
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Courts / Third District Court of Appeal
Third District Court of Appeal
Florida's Third DCA appellate opinions and FloridaScore summaries when published.
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Courts / Fourth District Court of Appeal
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Florida's Fourth DCA appellate opinions and FloridaScore summaries when published.
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Courts / Fifth District Court of Appeal
Fifth District Court of Appeal
Florida's Fifth DCA appellate opinions and FloridaScore summaries when published.
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Courts / Sixth District Court of Appeal
Sixth District Court of Appeal
Florida's Sixth DCA appellate opinions and FloridaScore summaries when published.