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Christopher N. Patterson
Chief Judge · Fourteenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Chief Judge · Fourteenth Judicial Circuit Court
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290 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Christopher N. Patterson across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Washington County Circuit Proceedings; Washington County Jimmy Ryce Cases
Also: Chief Judge (Circuit-wide General Administration & Oversight)
Administrative Order 2026-00-03 · effective July 1, 2026 – January 1, 2029
On this assignment since July 1, 2026
Washington County Circuit Proceedings (100% of identified cases); Washington County Jimmy Ryce Cases (100% of the identified cases) · Chief Judge (Circuit-wide General Administration & Oversight) (AO 2026-00-03, eff. 2026-07-01 – 2029-01-01)
Appeals from this courtroom go to the First District Court of Appeal (Tallahassee).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
Provenance attributed 2026-08-08 by the BenchPath automated pass: the official page https://jud14.flcourts.org/judges/christopher-n-patterson was live-verified to name this judge (sha256 7ea0c7c1bf9a11c9…). Roster listing only — roster facts render; no narrative bio composed.
6 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 290 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.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 291 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (December 15, 2011–December 9, 2025) 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 291 are counted in the outcome census above.
last checked September 3, 2026
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Washington County Circuit Proceedings; Washington County Jimmy Ryce Casescurrent
July 1, 2026 — present
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Darryl Brian Barwick v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): affirmed
Antonio Aguilar vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Elijah Baptiste vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Matthew Lee Caylor v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): affirmed
Johnny Mack Sketo Calhoun v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Holmes County
Disposition (court’s label): affirmed
Eric Sweet vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Jonathan Adam Jones vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Jackson County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Donald Wayne Pickle vs Emily D. Hale, an individual, Serena Pickle, et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Jackson County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Samuel Leo Ricky Solomon vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Gilberto Munoz vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
Reggie Eugene Allen vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Gilberto Munoz vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
Jermaine Elberrt Croft vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Randy Ralph Holley vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Daniel Jacob Craven, Jr. v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Jackson County
Disposition (court’s label): affirmed
Michael McNeil vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Casey Lee Swander vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
Carl Harrison Seale, Jr. vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Rogers v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Washington County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Hutchinson v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Washington County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Bradley v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Washington County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Delonte Martistee vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
Anthony J. Davis vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Corey Anthony Whitworth a/k/a James Clevland Pucket vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
S.F., Mother of K.F., Minor Child v. Department of Children and Families
First District Court of Appeal · Washington County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
David Anthony Laconte v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Washington County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Christopher Leach vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Edward Tyrone Ridley vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Ardarreyus Antwuane Walton vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Elizabeth Ann Strappel vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Gainey v. Sellers, etc.
First District Court of Appeal · Washington County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Ghanname v. O'Boyle
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
John Michael Blake vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Rafuse v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Washington County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Tito D. Young vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Wells v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Washington County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
John W. Henderson vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Lockhart v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Washington County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Whitfield v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Calhoun County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
John F. Osborn vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Joseph Darian Bell vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Gregory Pernell Robinson vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Reed v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Washington County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Charles Allen Strickland vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Goldsby v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Rogers v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Washington County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Emmanuel Forrest Lockhart VS State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Washington County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Joe Hunter IV VS State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Fowler, Ribbing et al v. Burnham, Tumbleson
First District Court of Appeal · Washington County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Dewey Nathaniel Davis vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
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