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Circuit Judge · Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court
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320 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Don T. Hall across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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All DeSoto circuit divisions (Civil/Criminal/Family/Dependency/Probate & Guardianship) — Desoto County
Also: DeSoto County Administrative Judge
Effectiveeffective June 1, 2026
All DeSoto circuit divisions (Civil/Criminal/Family/Dependency/Probate & Guardianship) — Desoto County · DeSoto County Administrative Judge (eff. 2026-06-01)
All DeSoto circuit divisions (Civil/Criminal/Family/Dependency/Probate & Guardianship). ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE (effective June 1, 2026, per the court's published Judicial Assignments at https://jud12.flcourts.org/About/Judges): DeSoto County Administrative Judge. Per AO 2026-05.4 covers ALL DeSoto County circuit matters other than Civil Division R — circuit civil, unified family, circuit criminal, juvenile dependency and delinquency, and probate and guardianship.
Verified 2026-08-02: this circuit publishes NO judge portraits. The 1st's Sanity CMS judge documents carry no image field at all (38 checked via the content API), and the 12th's Judges page serves only a logo, an email-signature graphic and an Adobe button. The missing photo is a court fact, not a harvest gap.
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).
● LiveThat court's published bench (15): Andrea Teves Smith, Anthony K. Black, Craig C. Villanti, Daniel H. Sleet, Edward C. LaRose, J. Andrew Atkinson, John Guard, Matthew C. Lucas, Morris Silberman, Nelly Khouzam, Patricia J. Kelly, Robert Morris, Stevan T. Northcutt, Susan H. Rothstein-Youakim
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1 verified rule specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 320 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 163 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (December 21, 2016–July 22, 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 163 are counted in the outcome census above.
last checked September 3, 2026
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All DeSoto circuit divisions (Civil/Criminal/Family/Dependency/Probate & Guardianship) — Desoto Countycurrent
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
Shaw v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Behl, Sr. v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Alcantara-Menjivar v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
A. R. vs DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
CHRISTIAN MUNDO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WOODROW UNDERWOOD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JEFFREY ALLEN COLE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Woods-Smith v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JOSEPH LAWTON O' NEIL vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DON BRYANT vs DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LARRY DONELL FLEMING vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DAWAYNE SHYKEEM HEARNS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Cetkovic v. Cetkovic
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
WENDALL HALL vs CHAD POPPELL, KRISTIN KANNER AND DONALD SAWYER
Second District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Denied
BRIAN PEER VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
AMANDA ROBINSON VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Cardona v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
WALLACE WOODS vs MARK INCH, SECRETARY FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PEDRO SANCHEZ - TORIBIO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
M. v. Department Of Children And Families
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Diaz v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Faust v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ISAAC BROWN VS DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
NATHAN DESHAWN FAUST VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
S. H. vs DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Second District Court of Appeal · Desoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WENDALL HALL vs CHAD POPPELL, KRISTIN KANNER AND DONALD SAWYER
Second District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Denied
MICHAEL E. RILEY VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JOSHUA J. BLATTNER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
CHERRY v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MARVIN L. BATES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
AARON RAMON SHAW vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Parsons, III, et al., v. Changco
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Williams v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
HENNING v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
EDWARD A. BEHL, SR. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Woods v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
PARSONS, II v. CHANGCO
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Petition - Per Curiam Opinion
Smith, Smith v. Four Marnan Inc., Equity Lifestyles Properties, Inc., et al
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Strong v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JOSHUA E. NELSON VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Desoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JUAN ANTONIO HINOJOS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Martinez v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
AMY DENISE BARNES VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LEONARDO MORALES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SHAKA MANSA GILCHRIST, JR. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MASHIA MICHELLE BATISTA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PHILLIP L. THOMAS, JR. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WALLACE WOODS vs MARK INCH, SECRETARY D. O. C.
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Macinnes v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JEFFREY A. COLE vs DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES AND STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · DeSoto County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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