Author: justice4adamcom

A Florida prisoner entered a plea to the hit and run statute that charged knew or should have known a crash occurred, a crime that did not exist as clarified in State v. Dorsett. The prisoner raised this error in a habeas corpus submitted in the trial court. Prior to the trial courts review, the sixth DA invoked original jurisdiction. Should the prisoner expect the petition to be granted?

Yes, the prisoner should expect the habeas corpus petition to be granted, as the State’s prosecution was based on a non-existent crime, as clarified in State v. Dorsett, and the felony hit-and-run statute requires actual knowledge of a crash. The invocation of original jurisdiction by the Sixth DA is irrelevant to the merits of the underlying […]

Jury Instructions

From the Florida Bar, 2025 28.4 LEAVING THE SCENE OF A CRASH INVOLVing [DEATH] [SERIOUS BODILY INJURY] [INJURY] ยง 316.027(2), Fla. Stat. To prove the crime of Leaving the Scene of a Crash Involving [Death] [Serious Bodily Injury] [Injury], the State must prove the following four elements beyond a reasonable doubt: 1.       (Defendant) was the […]

CoA Denial Florida Middle District

The middle district judge also works as an adjunct professor at the University of Florida. In one of his classes is a very vocal white supremacist who has expounded hate toward Jewish people and other classes of people. This judge/professor gave this student an award for writing a white supremacist paper. Since that time, this […]