FSC - 12/12/24 - Case Nos. 24-317, 23-915, 24-0096 & 23-1298

SC2024-0317 In Re: Amendments to Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure This case concerns proposed changes to the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure, as submitted to the Court in a report from The Florida Bars Appellate Court Rules Committee. In part, the proposed amendments would provide civil or criminal defendants with a right to bring an interlocutory appeal from an order denying a claim of Stand Your Ground immunity. SC2023-0915 JJJTB, Inc. v. Stephen V. Schmidt, et al. JJJTB seeks review of a Second District Court of Appeal decision in a foreclosure case. Other courts of appeal decisions conflict on the issue of whether certain jurisdictional issues can be waived. SC2024-0096 Michael H. Hunt v. State of Florida Hunt was convicted and sentenced to death in the 2019 murder of Alexandra Peck in Panama City. He raises six issues here in a direct appeal of his conviction and sentence. SC2023-1298 Michael James Jackson v. State of Florida Jackson was originally sentenced to death for the 2005 murders of James and Carol Sumner that began with robbery and kidnapping in their Jacksonville home. Jackson’s death sentences were later vacated. At his 2023 resentencing, Jackson was again sentenced to death for the murders. Jackson now raises 14 issues challenging his 2023 resentencing.