Circuit Judge · Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court
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320 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Gilbert Smith Jr. across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Second District Court of Appeal (St. Petersburg).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
This tab lists judge-and-division rules only, and this judge's division publishes its practice at the county, circuit, and statewide layers instead — 320 verified requirements still govern this courtroom. The Full Premium Report assembles every one of them, cited.
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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.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 100 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (April 16, 2010–June 10, 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 100 are counted in the outcome census above.
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INNOCENT GEDEHOMME vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY vs ALLSTATE FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE CO., ET AL.,
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
COREY BRIAN FOBBS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ROBERT LEROY EDWARDS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ALEXANDER CIPRIANO CHRISTIAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
KIEON DIQUS CURRY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
EVERRICK J. HOUSTON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
J. K. VS DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JAMES BATES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
G. S. vs DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
HENRY BRADLEY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MICHAEL CUMMINGS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GREGORY COLLINS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOSEPH BING vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
T. W. v. Department of Children And Families, Statewide
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CURTIS LEE DAVIS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANDRE ROMILUS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PHILLIP CONNELLY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
R. T. vs DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
HERIBERTO CONDE-ORTIZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RANDY DUNKUM vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
EDBIN HELI COZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANDRE ROMILUS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
E. C. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
P. R. C. vs DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ALEXANDER CIPRIANO CHRISTIAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
TYRONE CORNELL BROWN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
W. C. W. vs DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PETER JOHN DIPIETRO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TROY DEONTRAY HODO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
B., v. Department of Children and Families
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
C. Q. v. DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ISIDRO DORADO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MIGUEL GUTIERREZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Robledo, Jr. v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
TREVOR CARDARELLE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ROBERT HUGHES, ESTATE OF: BETTY HUGHES vs WELLS FARGO BANK, N. A.
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ROBERT CORONA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
MICHAEL MANN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DANNY ROBLEDO VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
N. Z. M. VS DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
J. B. VS DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
C. A.. v. Department of Children and Families, Statewide
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
EVINCSE DORELUS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LOUIS FERNANDEZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DAYTON BENAVIDES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
S.W. v. Department of Children And Families
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
P. W. vs DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JACORYAN CHRISTOPHER LEE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BYRON J. GALLOWAY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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