Ellen S. Venzer
Circuit Judge · Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 2, 2026
Circuit Judge · Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court
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971 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Ellen S. Venzer across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Criminal — Section F011
Courtroom REG 603
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Third District Court of Appeal (Miami).
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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.
Timing shown here is quoted from the rule text. Compute your actual date against the court's calendar and the rule itself — not legal advice.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 131 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (October 17, 2007–July 2, 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 131 are counted in the outcome census above.
ALVIN WILLIAMS, VS THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
last checked September 3, 2026
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Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Johnny LaFlippe v. The State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Yuel Sosa Salgado v. The State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ANTHONY B. JONES, vs THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SAMUEL WRIGHT, vs THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Clarence Lawton v. The State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Rinad Kitaygorodskiy v. The State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
FRANCKY LOUIS vs THE STATE OF FLORIDA
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Fernando Castano v. State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
State of Florida v. Reginald Jackson
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Israel Perez v. The State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Stephen Alexander Gonzales McCoy v. State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
RON ORLANDO FIGUEROA, v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Mark Harris v. The State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Onelio Castro v. State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
ADAM KING, JR. vs THE STATE OF FLORIDA
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Philome Jacques-Simon v. State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ANTHONY P. JOHN, vs THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GEORGE ST. FLORANT, VS THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Alvin Williams v. State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Ira Toomer v. The State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Leonel Alejandro Ramos-Argueta v. The State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
SANDOR EDUARDO GUILLEN, vs THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Jason L. Richardson v. State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DAVID R. KNIGHT, vs THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOHNNY LAFLIPPE, vs THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Leonardo Franqui v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): affirmed
Brittany Nichole Rossi v. State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
DEDRICK BROWN, VS THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, vs ALEJANDRO SESE,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ERROL LATSON, vs THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JESSIE ROBERT AGUILAR, VS THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Alejandro Giraldo v. The State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
JOSE ESTACHE, vs THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
SEAN CONDELL, vs THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BENITO SANTIAGO, vs THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CRYSTAL PUJOL, vs THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ERROL LATSON vs THE STATE OF FLORIDA
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SIMS V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KNOWLES V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LOUIS V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Ricardo Gonzalez v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Miami-Dade County
JONES V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JACQUES-SIMON V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RAIMONDI V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
LADAKER V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
COLEMAN V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LATSON V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SILVER V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CORALES-CARRANZA V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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