Criminal Law

MEDIA 4/3 - SPECHLER ACCUSED OF "BULLYING" - JQC INVOLVED

Posted on April 03, 2008
SENTINEL:Broward judge who resigned had been accused of bullyingSentinel Comments"Spechler was served with notice that the Judicial Qualifications Commission was investigating a complaint against him, courthouse sources say. In a move reserved for serious circumstances, those sources say the notification included an order for a "rule to show cause" ? a command that Spechler explain why he should not be immediately and temporarily suspended from the bench...

2008 CAMPAIGN FINANCE (MAY 2ND FILING DEADLINE)

Posted on April 02, 2008
John A. Frusciante; Michael J. Orlando; Jeffrey R. Levenson; Edmond L. Sugar; Melvin B. Grossman; Jeffrey E. Streitfeld; Patti Englander Henning; Victor Tobin; Merrilee Ehrlich vs. Paul D. Eichner vs. John Robert Howes vs. Mark W. Rickard; Thomas M...

BOBER FILES

Posted on April 02, 2008
Bernard "Bernie" Isaac Bober vs. Pedro E. Dijols

ROGOW PETITIONS SUPREME COURT TO HALT JQC PROCEEDING

Posted on April 02, 2008
Pensacola News Journal"Judge Michael Allen, facing trial by the Judicial Qualifications Commission for a scathing opinion he wrote questioning a fellow judge on the 1st District Court of Appeal, has asked the Florida Supreme Court to throw out the disciplinary proceeding...

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eFILING COMES TO BROWARD

Posted on April 01, 2008
Chief Judge Victor Tobin, Howard C. Forman, Clerk of Court, and Administrative Probate Judge Mel Grossman, announce a 90 day pilot project beginning April 2, 2008, for electronic filings in the 17th Judicial Circuit's Probate and Guardianship Division...

UH OH!

Posted on April 01, 2008
HERALD:BROWARD JUDGE SPECHLER RESIGNS AMID PROBEBY TODD WRIGHT AND DAN CHRISTENSENBroward County Court Judge Jay Spechler resigned abruptly Monday after the county's chief judge barred him from the courthouse amid a behind-the-scenes investigation a trio of ranking sources said is under way...

THE SEVENTEENTH

Posted on April 01, 2008
THE SEVENTEENTH APRIL 2008The Online Newsletter of the State Attorney's Office, 17th Judicial Circuit

MEDIA 4/1 - RESIGNATION OFFICIAL

Posted on April 01, 2008
  (DBR PHOTOS)         Spechler                        AbramsonSENTINEL:Spechler Resigns After Public BanningResignation Letter Dated 3/31 - Effective 3/31 (whatever happened to two weeks notice?)Tobin Letter To Spechler (pdf)Sentinel Spechler CommentsA mover and shaker in former Chief Judge Dale Ross' administration, Spechler resigned as administrator over the county civil division shortly after Ross announced his resignation as the circuit's chief last May...

DAILY BUSINESS REVIEW DECIPHERS SPECHLER RIDDLE

Posted on April 01, 2008
DAILY BUSINESS REVIEW:Spechler reassignment, resignation came after disparaging remarks about fellow judge's sexual orientation"Courthouse sources said County Court Judge Jay Spechler?s reassignment came after he got into a verbal altercation with fellow County Court Judge Peggy Gehl and made disparaging comments about her sexual orientation...

Spring Cleaning

Posted on March 31, 2008
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WARNING: BIG BROTHER IS LISTENING

Posted on March 31, 2008
                                                                                                          The trouble is I need you several times a week...

JAABLOG BOOK OF THE MONTH CLUB

Posted on March 29, 2008
                            A Most Disorderly Court: Scandal and Reform in the Florida Judiciary                                         by Martin Dyckman, Gary Mormino, and Raymond ArsenaultIn the 1970s, justices on the Florida Supreme Court were popularly elected...

SCHOOL -- 1958 vs. 2008

Posted on March 29, 2008
Scenario: Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.1958 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.2008 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again...

FINKELSTEIN DOES IT AGAIN

Posted on March 28, 2008
 (Sun Sentinel Photo)Public Defender Howard Finkelstein, as he did nearly ten years ago, stops Paul Gausman from jumping to his death from atop a courthouse perch.SENTINEL

CASES

Posted on March 28, 2008
Criminal law -- Probation revocation -- Sex offender probation -- Even where probation order does not specify a deadline for completing sex offender program or how many attempts probationer has to complete it, where a defendant enrolls in but fails to complete a sex offender treatment program, trial court may, in its discretion and depending on the circumstances, revoke defendant's probation -- Court did not abuse discretion in revoking defendant's probation where defendant attended only one of his scheduled group sex offender treatment sessions before being terminated for two successive absences, even though defendant had been informed that two successive unexcused absences would result in termination, and defendant had the ability to pay for the sessions Reported at 33 Fla...

MUZZLED

Posted on March 28, 2008
TC PALM Editorial: Judicial Candidates Hide Behind Florida Bar's Restrictive Free-Speech CanonFlorida's sparsely contested judicial contests continue to suffer from a lack of transparencyFlorida has 162 Circuit Court judgeships up for grabs this year...

CAT'S OUT OF THE BAG

Posted on March 27, 2008
                                                            ELECTION '08:        ASSISTANT PUBLIC DEFENDER BERNIE BOBER VS...

March 7 FLW highlights

Posted on March 27, 2008
STRIP SEARCH ? PROBABLE CAUSE USING A CI:  Jenkins v. State, 33 Fla. L. Weekly S147 (Fla. March 7, 2008).  A CI offered to call a drug dealer called ?D.?  The CI had previously ordered drugs from D and had his phone number.  The CI could only say that D was a tall, black male...

MEDIA 3/26

Posted on March 26, 2008
HERALD:Commission Will Not Charge Cities For Ordinance Jail Stays''We can't build a new jail,'' Broward Commissioner John Rodstrom said in an interview. ``The real issue is that we have to figure out a way to keep bad people in jail, and people who are not so bad out of jail...

THE DAILY PULP WEDNESDAY

Posted on March 26, 2008
 The New Times' Bob NormanNewspaper Story Sends Juror Home(from Bob Norman's Daily Pulp Blog)A juror in former Deerfield Beach High football star Jarvis Hicks' first-degree attempted murder trial was removed Monday after he recalled that he'd read about the case in the area's top weekly newspaper...

ONLY SIX INTERVIEWS FOR GOLDSTEIN'S SEAT

Posted on March 26, 2008
Broward County Courthouse 201 SE 6th Street , 1st Floor, North Wing- Room 1882 (New Administrative Office) Ft. Lauderdale , Florida 33301 Tuesday, April 8, 2008 -1 P.M. to 2 P.M.1:00 to 1:10  Phoebee Francois1:10 to 1:20  Jay Hurley1:20 to 1:30  Michael Hursey1:30 to 1:40  Phyllis Kotey1:40 to 1:50  William Leonard1:50 to 2:00  Thomas LardinTHIS IS NOT A SHORT LIST

CASES

Posted on March 26, 2008
Criminal law -- Burglary of conveyance -- Search and seizure -- Officer who received dispatch reporting car robbery in progress in his area exceeded scope of lawful investigatory stop where officer handcuffed defendant, placed him in police car, and transported him away from place where he was initially apprehended for a ?show-up? -- Because transportation to ?show-up? was illegal, trial court erred in denying motion to suppress identification Reported at 33 Fla...

4 on 17

Posted on March 26, 2008
Greene         Affirmed                                4D05-518-Donohue v...

SHORT LIST FOR DAMOORGIAN SEAT

Posted on March 25, 2008
    Congratulations to.........                                                                                                                                  Lisa Porter                                                                      William Haury                                                                       David Haines 

TARPON BEND SUNDAY NIGHT FOR JOE

Posted on March 23, 2008
Joe Carter's funeral concluded late this afternoon.  The family invites everyone to Tarpon Bend in downtown Ft. Lauderdale to celebrate Joe's life.  In the Irish tradition, food and drink will be flowing, and friends and relatives will swap stories about Joe...

FUNDRAISER FOR HOWES APRIL 16TH

Posted on March 23, 2008
                              JAABLOG is an open forum.  Notices of fundraisers on behalf of any                           judicial candidate will be published...

SUSPECT IN RICHARD ENTRIKEN MURDER

Posted on March 22, 2008
                                                                                                                     KINO BARTHOLOMEWMy former client/referral Kino Bartholomew was arrested for the murder of First Step Sober House founder Richard Entriken...

LINE IN THE SAND

Posted on March 21, 2008
It looks like the state is seeking to chop 10% of the operating funds of the Justice System needed by the Public Defenders Offices across the State.  This would affect all who are part of the court system.  A letter was sent out requesting a response from the department heads...

JAABLOG SHOUT OUT

Posted on March 21, 2008
                                                                                             JAABLOG SHOUT OUT...

MEDIA 3/21

Posted on March 21, 2008
 Foul-Mouthed Court Reporter/Hero Ronald TolkinDAILY BUSINESS REVIEW:The Continuing Saga of Jack Thompson?I obey court orders,? Thompson said. ?I?m going to beat them in the federal court and not in their kangaroo court.? Thursday's Budget Cuts Hearing"At the circuit level, the State Court Administrator?s Office estimates the proposal would mean a courthouse job loss of about one-third ? 110 in Miami-Dade County, 80 in Broward County and 58 in Palm Beach County...

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