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Circuit Judge · First Judicial Circuit Court
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713 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge J. Scott Duncan across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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No current assignment on record.
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://www.firstjudicialcircuit.org/legal-professionals/judges/j-scott-duncan/ was live-verified to name this judge (sha256 37136442b75685aa…). Roster listing only — roster facts render; no narrative bio composed.
1 verified rule specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 713 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.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 370 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (September 6, 2012–August 5, 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 370 are counted in the outcome census above.
last checked September 3, 2026
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Larry Lord vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
David Lee Frank vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Brittney Michelle Hall vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Warren Mygel Hetherington vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Richard Cruz II vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Ontorius Turner vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Martavion Jones vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Mark Victor Steele vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Charles M. Smith vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Stanley John Kilburn vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Bobby Kevin Williams vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Thomas H. Fletcher v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): affirmed
Mark Victor Steele vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Mark Victor Steele vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Cordarious Ladell Wheeler vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Phyllis Dortch Bates Bush vs MTGLQ Investors, L.P.
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Thomas A. Sosnowski vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
Jahmel Hill v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Department of Corrections
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Hudson v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jones v. Dixon, Florida Commission on Offender Review, et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Brasby v. State of Florida, Florida Department of Corrections
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
L.A.K., etc. et al. v. Florida Department of Children and Families
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Nathan Ray Tiller vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Aimee Rene Gentry vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Rose v. Johns
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Sheldon Lee Hutchins VS State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Hodges v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Rose v. English
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Joshua Joseph Bryan vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Kevin Lamar Fountain v. Ricky D. Dixon Secretary Department of Corrections
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Rose v. Wallace
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Dedric Keandre Davis v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Hightower v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Michael Bailey Hall vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Fretwell v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Ervin E. Gras vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Medlock v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Lainhart v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Hendler v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
William Cater Elliott vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Colletta v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Rose v. Chaplain Edwards
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Frank Andre Mosley vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Thomas Wayne Bills vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Frate v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LaVaughn Weatherly vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
Wilburn v. Wilburn
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Hudson v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Dortch B. Bush and Hartsel A. Bush vs U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Sellers v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
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