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Christopher Ferebee
Circuit Judge · Seventh Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Circuit Judge · Seventh Judicial Circuit Court
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378 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Christopher Ferebee across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Div 56 Felony — St Johns County
Circuit Judge Christopher Ferebee was appointed to the bench in 2018. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia and his Juris Doctor from Florida Coastal School of Law. He was admitted to The Florida Bar in 2005 and previously served as an assistant state attorney. He currently hears criminal cases at the Richard O. Watson Judicial Center in St. Augustine.
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Published forms & procedures: Judicial Practices and Procedures.; Plea Form; Plea Form - Spanish; VOP Admission Form; VOP Admission Form - Spanish
Verified against Judge Christopher Ferebee's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Fifth District Court of Appeal (Daytona Beach).
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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://circuit7.org/judges/judge-christopher-ferebee/), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 5 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
2 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 378 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 16 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (May 26, 2020–April 14, 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.
CATHY LINN O'BRIEN vs GARY PATRICK O'BRIEN
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
last checked September 3, 2026
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CHRISTOPHER IMESON vs KELLY ENRIGHT
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DEANNA L. WOODS N/K/A DEANNA JOHNSON vs LELTON B. WOODS, JR.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CHRISTOPHER IMESON vs KELLY ENRIGHT
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CINDY L. DOTTAVIANO vs MICHAEL A. DOTTAVIANO
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
NICHOLAS SHANNON MCNEILL vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CRAIG Z. SHERAR, CRAIG Z. SHERAR, P.A., KARNAK CORP., LAND RECLAMATION, INC., MANICORE INDUSTRIES, INC., OSIRIS HOLDINGS, INC., SOGGY BOTTOM LAND CO., AND SYDNEY'S FOREST, INC. vs JESSICA R. SHERAR
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KENNETH EDWARD BAER VS BRIDGET NICOLE BAER
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
James Phillip Kincaid v. Debra Kincaid
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Elizabeth Marie Collins v. Sean Christopher Collins
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Rachel Ann Cross v. Jason James Dooley
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
AUSTIN YANKY VS JENA MILLER
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Mickey Dale Strong v. Lucy Lee Strong and Native Coast Property Management, LLC
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Sharin Kaye Johnson v. Johnson
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Katie Amanda Ruffin v. Samuel McCormick Ruffin
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
J.W., FATHER OF A.W., S.W., J.W. AND A.Q., CHILDREN vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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