Case Summaries
[11/20]
In Re: Amendments to Fla. R. Crim. P.
In response to an out-of-cycle report of the Florida Bar's Criminal Procedure Rules Committee, the court adopts the committee's proposed amendments to conform the rules to recent legislation.
[11/20]
US v. Nevils
Conviction for being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition is reversed where the evidence offered with respect to the element of knowing possession was insufficient.
[11/20]
Doody v. Schriro
In a habeas proceeding following convictions for murder and robbery, denial of petition for relief is affirmed in part and reversed in part where: 1) the state court's holding that defendant received adequate Miranda warnings was not an unreasonable application of clearly-established federal law; but 2) police coercion of defendant's confession over a twelve-hour period of interrogation rendered it involuntary.
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