Bass v. State · No. 2D2025-0626 (Fla. 2d DCA) · Decided October 2, 2026 More analysis may follow as additional information is received and reviewed. Sign up for alerts. The Second District Court of Appeal has affirmed a man’s Hillsborough County convictions for first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, and two counts of felony aggravated child … Read more
Gerow v. Schrock · Nos. 2D2025-0933 and 2D2025-1015 (Fla. 2d DCA) · Decided October 2, 2026 More analysis may follow as additional information is received and reviewed. Sign up for alerts. A Pasco County condominium owner’s testimony that a neighbor in the complex banged on his door, mocked him, drove up to the edge of … Read more
Wolfe v. Martinez · No. 2D2025-1626 (Fla. 2d DCA) · Decided October 2, 2026 More analysis may follow as additional information is received and reviewed. Sign up for alerts. A man whose petition in Hillsborough County circuit court alleged that his neighbor followed and cursed at him, sped past him, and later blocked his path … Read more
Washington v. Justice · No. 2D2025-2678 (Fla. 2d DCA) · Decided October 7, 2026 More analysis may follow as additional information is received and reviewed. Sign up for alerts. Two pro se appellants whose initial brief cited eleven cases the Second District Court of Appeal “could not locate” have been barred from filing further pro … Read more
State v. Mathis · No. 2D2025-2309 (Fla. 2d DCA) · Decided October 9, 2026 More analysis may follow as additional information is received and reviewed. Sign up for alerts. A Manatee County judge could not depart below the guidelines for a man convicted of selling cocaine near a church because of the small amount of … Read more
Johnson v. State of Florida · No. 2D2024-0982 (Fla. 2nd DCA) · Decided September 25, 2026 More analysis may follow as additional information is received and reviewed. Sign up for alerts. A Sarasota County jury convicted Brian K. Johnson of sexual battery against his stepniece on two of five counts. The Second District Court of … Read more
Talbot, LLC v. City of Tampa and 1704 17th Street Venture, LLC · No. 2D2025-1729 (Fla. 2nd DCA) · Decided September 25, 2026 More analysis may follow as additional information is received and reviewed. Sign up for alerts. A dispute over a blocked rooftop view in Ybor City has turned into something much bigger: a … Read more
When an insurer goes insolvent and the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association steps into its shoes, FIGA is not on the hook for the part of a settlement that was really attorney’s fees. The Second District Court of Appeal reversed a judgment forcing FIGA to pay $20,000 that a now-insolvent insurer had agreed to send directly … Read more
A Pinellas County tenant hurt when her kitchen ceiling collapsed after a leak gets a new trial after the Second District finds the trial court wrongly excluded evidence and denied a post-verdict juror interview.
A Sarasota defendant who pleaded no contest to child-pornography charges is entitled to a new sentencing hearing, and before a different judge, because the trial court failed to properly consider his request for a downward-departure sentence, the Second District Court of Appeal held December 31. Winston Morgan pleaded no contest to forty counts of possession … Read more