The Florida Supreme Court has upheld the conviction and death sentence of the "Discount Bandit" in the murder of a clerk at a St. Petersburg Big Lots on Christmas Eve 1997. ...more

January 29, 2009

Lake Wales police arrested two robbery suspects Thursday night, including one whose death penalty conviction for a 1998 murder of a citrus grower had been overturned, leading to his release. ...more

January 23, 2009

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January 23, 2009

The man convicted of the 1966 killing of Highlands County citrus and cattle baron Charles Von Maxcy had his latest appeal denied Thursday by the Florida Supreme Court. ...more

January 23, 2009

A Tampa lawyer was disbarred and another reprimanded in a series of disciplinary actions announced today by The Florida Bar. ...more

January 22, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist today appointed Hillsborough County Circuit Judge Marva L. Crenshaw to the 2nd District Court of Appeal. ...more

January 7, 2009

An attorney for condemned killer Joseph Smith is asking the Florida Supreme Court to overturn his death sentence. Smith was sentenced to death for killing 11-year-old Carlie Brucia in 2004. His abduction of the middle school student was captured on security cameras and broadcast nationwide. ...more

January 7, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist named a Cuban-born judge from South Florida to the Florida Supreme Court on Friday. ...more

January 3, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist announced his third appointment to the Florida Supreme Court this morning. Judge Jorge Labarga will replace Justice Harry Lee Anstead when he retires. ...more

January 2, 2009

As if contractors were not feeling enough pain from the downturn in the economy, in October the Florida Supreme Court gave construction companies yet another burden to overcome. ...more

December 20, 2008