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Bruce Kyle
Circuit Judge · Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Circuit Judge · Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
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811 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Bruce Kyle across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Judge — Lee County
Lee County Justice Center, 1700 Monroe Street, Fort Myers, FL 33901
Verified against Judge Bruce Kyle's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
Division (official profile, verified 2026-07-19): Lee Criminal E 25%
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 Sixth District Court of Appeal (Lakeland).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
Profile upgraded 2026-07-24: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://www.ca.cjis20.org/About-The-Court/jud_profile.aspx?judge=bkyle), confirmed to name them before extraction. The court publishes no biography paragraph for this judge.
This tab lists judge-and-division rules only, and this judge's division publishes its practice at the county, circuit, and statewide layers instead — 811 verified requirements still govern this courtroom. The Full Premium Report assembles every one of them, cited.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 194 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (July 11, 2008–July 28, 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 194 are counted in the outcome census above.
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PAUL NUNES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOSEPH EDWARD KUCZKO, JR. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ROSCOE JORDAN VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
IONUT RADUCAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DAVID S. HASTINGS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KRISROY AMISO LLOYD VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
THOMAS ANDREW CASH vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KEITH WILLIAMS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DARNELL D. TAYLOR v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ROBERT E. LOVELAND VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
WILLIAM FOLEY MILLER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TOMMY WILLIAMS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MIGUEL SANCHEZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DANIEL GARCIA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DANIEL JOSEPH THOMAS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JIMMY RAY RODGERS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ELIAS PUENTE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Mark D. Sievers v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): affirmed
MICHAEL LEE CHAPMAN, I I vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
ARRIELLE TOMLINSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CHAD KENDALL LUND vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MATTHEW YOUNG vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RODERICK A. WASHINGTON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
ALEJANDRO MANUEL RODRIGUEZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DEREK A. RICCOBONO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JONATHAN BRUNELLE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WAYNE LEE COHRS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TONY PAULINO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
EPIMENIO LEAL vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
IMARI GRAY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
EDWARD EUGENE JACKSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SEAN CHRISTIAN MC CANN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JAMES COCHRAN, JR. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ERNEST TAYLOR A/K/A EARNEST TAYLOR vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DAVID GERARD SWANSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WILLIAM ANTHONY MARCHSTEINER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RFEAL WIGFALS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DAVID JOHNSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MAURICE HERRERA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SALVADOR CARBAJAL GARCIA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DEREK LAMAR EDWARDS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
JOHNNY L. JACOBS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CAREY HAYNES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ATMARAM PERSAUD v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ELIAS PUENTE VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JOHNNY LEE JACOBS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MONTRELL D. GREEN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
FREDDIE JOHN GORDINEER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Granted
KIMBERLY CARUSO VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DEREK D. DURANT VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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