LATEST SUMMARIES

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, PER CURIAM, SANCTIONS
• Lanier v. State of Florida

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, SENTENCING
• Adams v. State of Florida

INSURANCE LAW, PER CURIAM
• State Farm Florida Ins. Co. v. Ondis

LATEST SUMMARIES

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, PER CURIAM, SANCTIONS
Lanier v. State of Florida , No. SC07-1568
Sanction is imposed for an abuse of judicial process where a petitioner's repetitive filing of petitions raising criminal pretrial issues has hindered the Florida Supreme Court's ability to solve matters that are properly before the court. Read more...

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, SENTENCING
Adams v. State of Florida, No. SC07-1720
Even where the probation order does not specify a deadline for completing a sex offender program or how many attempts the probationer has to complete it, where a defendant enrolls in but fails to complete a sex offender treatment program, a trial court may, in its discretion and depending on the circumstances, revoke the defendant's probation. Read more...

INSURANCE LAW, PER CURIAM
State Farm Florida Ins. Co. v. Ondis, No. SC07-1349
Pursuant to the holding in Fla. Farm Bureau Cas. Ins. Co. v. Cox, 967 So.2d 815 (2007), Florida's section 627.702(1), referred to as the valued policy law, does not require an insurance carrier to pay the face amount of the policy to an owner of a building deemed a total loss when the building is damaged in part by a covered peril but is significantly damaged by an excluded peril. Read more...