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The last DCA expansion was the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal in 1979. [1] Blaise Trettis, a public defender in Brevard County, served on the Assessment Committee. When the committee looked at yearly case filings, they found that there was “a precipitous decline” [ 2 ] in the number of appeals over the years.
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Abortion-rights and anti-abortion activists voice their opinions outside the Florida Supreme Court after the Court heard arguments on the proposed abortion amendment Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024.
The Florida Supreme Court dropped two decisions Monday afternoon that gave a victory to each side of the bitterly divided abortion debate. Florida abortion rulings: A win for both sides, but ...
The Fourth DCA was created in 1965; the Fifth DCA was created in 1979; and Sixth District Courts of Appeal was created in 2023. [ 2 ] The existence of the DCAs was provided for in the Florida Constitution , which now requires the legislature to divide the state into appellate court districts, providing each with a DCA.
The battle over abortion entered a meeting of an otherwise obscure state panel on Monday, turning in part into a discussion about how many babies born or aborted would save or cost Florida taxpayers.
The Florida Second District Court of Appeal is headquartered in Tampa, Florida on the campus of Stetson University College of Law. It will move to St. Petersburg when the new Pinellas courthouse is complete. [1] There are nine counties in the Second District, which includes a population of over 5.0 million people.
Florida became the first state to reject an abortion rights amendment since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, leaving Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R-Fla.) six-week ban…