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Barbara Twine Thomas
Circuit Judge · Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Circuit Judge · Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court
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451 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Barbara Twine Thomas across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Criminal — Division A
Courtroom Annex Crt 18
Christen Redding
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Education: Law School: University of Florida; Undergraduate: Bachelors of Science in Biology and Chemistry Education, University of South Florida; Professional Activities (Past and Present); Florida Bar - 1977; Georgia Bar - 1980; United States Virgins Virgin Islands - 1983; Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers – President Past; George Edgecombe Bar Association – President Past; Hillsborough County Bar Foundation – President Past; Hillsborough County Bar Association – Board of Directors Past; Tampa Bay Inn of Court; Goldberg Inn of Court Smith Inn of Court; Community Involvement (Past and Present); Athena Society
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Criminal Courthouse Annex, 401 North Jefferson St., Room #230, Tampa, Florida 33602
Published forms & procedures: Judicial Practices and Procedures
Verified against Judge Barbara Twine Thomas's own court profile page, 2026-08-02.
Captured verbatim from the court's own published pages and orders during circuit verification. Chambers practices change without notice — confirm anything time-critical with the judicial assistant. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Appeals from this courtroom go to the Second District Court of Appeal (St. Petersburg).
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Profile upgraded 2026-08-02: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://www.fljud13.org/Directory/Judges/Judge-Twine-Thomas), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 1 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
1 verified rule specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 451 total requirements apply in this courtroom across all layers — the Full Premium Report assembles the complete stack.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 216 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (August 12, 2016–August 7, 2026) that name this judge as the lower-tribunal judge — the courts’ own disposition labels, counted verbatim. This is a census of the appellate record we hold, not a complete case history, an affirmance rate, or a performance rating.
Florida appellate and Supreme Court opinions naming this judge as the lower-tribunal judge, taken verbatim from each court’s official slip opinion (source-hashed). Descriptive record, not a rating. Showing the 50 most recent; all 216 are counted in the outcome census above.
last checked September 3, 2026
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Circuit Criminal — Division Acurrent
date not recorded — present · Courtroom Annex Crt 18
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
RAYVELL JOHNSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ELIJAH BOWDEN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
AARON DE RON FOSTER VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Floyd v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
RAUL ROY VASQUEZ VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
SCOTT M. EATON VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LARRY DWAYNE SEAY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ERIC ANTHONY RIVERA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CAITLIN JOY POWELL vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Golfin v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
State of Florida v. St. Fleur
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LENTON CHAMBERS, JR. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Falana v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Johnson v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Creach v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Palomares v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
STEVEN D. MACK vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DAVY RODRIGUEZ VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
STATE OF FLORIDA vs CLAUDELL JOHNSON
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
DEMETRIUS LASHAY EDDIE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Killins v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CUNNINGHAM v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
HARRISON v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Baldwin v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Coleman v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Rice, Jr. v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KENDRICK CUNNINGHAM vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CARLOS DEVERS - DIVISION VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Cancel v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
GURVEZ R. HUBBARD VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
GLEN DALE SPIVEY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DEMETRIUS LASHAY EDDIE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MIGUEL A. SERRANO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STATE OF FLORIDA vs SALEEM O. SIMPSON
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
LARRY D. COLE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CASEY D. ROBERTS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
UPSHUR v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Young v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
WEST v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
RAUL ROY VASQUEZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RICHARD P. SINGLETARY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LONG v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ALI TAJ BEY VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DAVID PAUL CARSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Buggs v. State Of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Boyd v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KENT HAWKINS JOHNSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ARIEL ZENO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Milbry v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
STATE OF FLORIDA vs TERRY LEWIS CRECY
Second District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
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