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Betsy Alvarez-Zane
County Judge · Miami-Dade County Court
High confidence· verified August 2, 2026
County Judge · Miami-Dade County Court
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971 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Betsy Alvarez-Zane across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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County Criminal — B-263, SDJCC (South Dade)
Courtroom SDJC 2301
Laurel King-Harrison
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Third District Court of Appeal (Miami).
● LiveThat court's published bench (10): Alexander S. Bokor, Bronwyn C. Miller, Edwin A. Scales, III, Fleur J. Lobree, Ivan F. Fernandez, Kansas R. Gooden, Kevin Emas, Monica Gordo, Norma S. Lindsey, Thomas Logue
Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
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1 verified rule specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 971 total requirements apply in this courtroom across all layers — the Full Premium Report assembles the complete stack.
No judge-level deadline on record runs shorter than a statewide deadline with the same trigger. The sentinel compares quoted timing across every published rule scoped to this judge on each visit — a clean result today is re-earned tomorrow.
No judge-scoped deadlines on this tab. Deadlines are extracted only when the source rule text states them — we never infer or calculate dates the rule does not explicitly contain. 6 rule deadlines apply in this courtroom across all layers — assembled with citations in the Full Premium Report.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 10 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (September 27, 2023–July 23, 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.
Alvaro Juan Silva v. The State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
last checked September 3, 2026
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County Criminal — B-263, SDJCC (South Dade)current
date not recorded — present · Courtroom SDJC 2301
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Richard Paul Elder v. State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
State of Florida v. Erick Canoura
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ERNESTO ARMANDO PEREZ, VS THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
The State of Florida v. Robert Sabater
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
State of Florida v. Eddie Poke
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami- Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Samuel Lee Smith, Jr. v. State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Non-Dispositive
Michael Anthony Arcamone v. The State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
State of Florida v. Ariel Paul
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
State of Florida v. Jenifer Perera
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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