Chief Judge · First Judicial Circuit Court
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713 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge John F. Simon, Jr. across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Chief Judge, First Judicial Circuit
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/john-simon/ was live-verified to name this judge (sha256 c294df7e21dd5c5e…). Roster listing only — roster facts render; no narrative bio composed.
This tab lists judge-and-division rules only, and this judge's division publishes its practice at the county, circuit, and statewide layers instead — 713 verified requirements still govern this courtroom. The Full Premium Report assembles every one of them, cited.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 437 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (November 13, 2012–July 24, 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 437 are counted in the outcome census above.
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Markus Dustin Vincent vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Johnnie W. Carter vs Donna Fowlkes
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Haley L. Hart vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Corey A. McDowell-Bey vs Walker Clemmons
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Heaney v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Reginald J. Bouie, Jr. VS State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Brown v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Aaron Matthew Erskine, Husband vs Lela Ann Erskine, Wife
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
Green v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Johnson v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Keith Lancaster vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Brown v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Dixon v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jernigan v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Goodwin v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Hicks v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Cook v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Myles v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Bud C. Chatman VS State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Ellis v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Blackmon v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Rantz v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Dylan James Merritt VS GJ & 4K, LLC d/b/a Two Men and a Truck and Patrick Blair Dozier
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Tracy Edward Broxson vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Smith v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Andrews v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Julie Shaw vs Robert Mark Shaw
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
McKnight v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Jamal Eric Boyer VS State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Dudley v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Baldwin v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Scott v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Charles Earl Johnson Jr. v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Regnier v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Adams v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Brye v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Rahsaan Avant vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Dean v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Pierce v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Brown v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Kilcrease v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Trimuar v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Carter v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Johnson v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Steele v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Brown v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Gilliams v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Ladd v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Gary v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Kimberly Lynn Longnecker VS State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Santa Rosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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