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ARTICLE · 11 APRIL 2018

This Week's Florida Appeals: Week Of April 2 - 6, 2018

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This Week's Florida Appeals: Week Of April 2 - 6, 2018

United StatesLitigation, Mediation & Arbitration
Carlton Fields
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U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

US v. Lee - sentencing, ACCA

US v. Harris - witness tampering, obstruction, evidentiary rulings

Baas v. Fewless - DPPA, qualified immunity

Crocker v. Beatty - § 1983, qualified immunity

Athens Cellular v. Oconee Cnty - TCA, limitations

US v. Maxi - search & seizure, wiretaps, flight

='http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/201616652.pdf'target=_blank>US v. Carroll - search & seizure, child pornography, sentencing

Florida Supreme Court – Tallahassee

Reynolds v. State - capital case, postconviction relief

Taylor v. State - capital case, postconviction relief

Crain v. State - capital case, postconviction relief

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