Dca Judge · Sixth District Court of Appeal
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Judge Stargel attended the University of Tampa, where he received a B.S. degree (with honors) in Economics and Business Management in 1987. He earned his J.D. degree (with honors) from the Florida State University College of Law in 1991.
Judge Stargel started his legal career working on tax and budget issues for the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Tax and Budget Reform Commission, a state constitutional commission. He later served as Assistant General Counsel for W.S. Badcock Corporation in Mulberry, Vice-President and General Counsel at Richland Towers, Inc. and Richland Properties, Inc., in Tampa and as a partner with the law firm of Shelby Medina and Stargel in Lakeland.
Judge Stargel has been active in serving his community through volunteer activities and as a member of numerous community boards throughout his career. He has also been active in the Florida Bar, serving on the Rules of Judicial Administration Committee and the Small Claims Rules Committee, where he served as chair. He served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2002-2006, where he was the recipient of numerous awards and honors. Governor Jeb Bush appointed him to the Judicial Nominating Committee for the Tenth Judicial Circuit, where he served for six years.
The voters elected Judge Stargel as a Circuit Judge, Tenth Judicial Circuit, in 2006, where he served in the Family, Felony, and Probate Divisions. He also presided over the Drug Court Program for three years and attended numerous conferences and seminars as both a participant and lecturer. During his tenure on the circuit court, Judge Stargel served on the Trial Court Budget Commission (2013-2020); Due Process Workgroup, chair (2016-2020); Legislative Chair and Executive Committee member for the Florida Conference of Circuit Judges (2009-2020); and as a member of the Judicial Branch Long Range Strategic Workgroup (2014-2016).
Governor Rick Scott appointed Judge Stargel to serve on the Florida Constitutional Revision Commission (2017-2018). Governor Ron DeSantis appointed Judge Stargel to the Second District Court of Appeal in July 2020.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 70 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (March 19, 2010–March 20, 2020) 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.
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CHARLES EDWARD PITTMAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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DEWARDERICK MORRIS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
CARLA L. RUSHING vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GERARDO SANCHEZ, SR. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
MICHAEL MCALKICH vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
RONNIE ATMORE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JODY MAURICE CRUM vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ALVIN D. CLAYTON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RONNIE ATMORE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANTONIO DARWIN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
ERIC CHIARAMONTE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOSHUA ADAMS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
FRANK SNODGRASS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PHIL MIRANDA LUNA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WILLIAM JASON TEETS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LEWIS GAINERS, I I I vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
FRANCES WILSON & RICHART BAUMGART vs IN RE: ESTATE OF EDWARD F. WILKE
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LONARSH WILLIAMS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DARYL J. MC CLELLAND vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RONNIE TRAY ATMORE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
RAFAEL CINTRON MARTINEZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MICHAEL JOSEPH MANNION vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Phillips v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Cendejas v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Miller v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
WILFRED PAUL MILLER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
GARDELL L. YOUNG vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LUZ LOPEZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WILFRED PAUL MILLER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ROBERT JOHNSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Hagan v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
LaFabre v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Smith v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Hagan v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Phillips v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Polk County
Wilson v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Miller v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Hardie v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Faulkner v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Hall v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Rawlston v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Williams v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Hall v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Vinson v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Driscoll v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Bailey v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
11-4403
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Willett v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Brown v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Duffy v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
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