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Jonathan Sjostrom
Circuit Judge · Second Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Circuit Judge · Second Judicial Circuit Court
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303 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Jonathan Sjostrom across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Leon Criminal Division D; 25% of criminal cases
On this assignment since July 1, 2026
Education: »; Florida State University; J.D. with Honors; »; Florida State University; B.S. Political Science, Magna Cum Laude; »; Okaloosa Walton Junior College; A.A. — Professional Activities: » Served as an editor (not the editor and chief) and; published author for the FSU Law Review.; Personal Information; » Raised in Fort Walton Beach, Florida; » Married to Erin Beverly Sjostrom; » Father of two sons — Experience: » Partner with Steel Hector & Davis, LLP, one of; Florida's oldest law firms. Practicing in Steel Hector's; Tallahassee and Miami offices principally in the areas of; complex business and governmental litigation.
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Presently serves in the Felony Division in the Leon County Courthouse., Education, »
Verified against Judge Jonathan Sjostrom's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
Captured verbatim from the court's own published pages and orders during circuit verification. Chambers practices change without notice — confirm anything time-critical with the judicial assistant. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
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).
Profile upgraded 2026-07-24: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://2ndcircuit.leoncountyfl.gov/sjostrom.php), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page.
6 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 303 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.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 174 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (March 31, 2004–July 8, 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 174 are counted in the outcome census above.
Borel v. State of Florida
last checked September 3, 2026
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via 2nd Circuit — Judge manuals, forms & procedures (county)
First District Court of Appeal · Franklin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
McBride v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Kennedy v. Comerford
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Robinson v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Grant v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Florida Department of Health v. Nikolay Tarkalanov
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Mcelroy v. Department of Corr
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Ponder v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Davis v. Dixon
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Davis v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Marvin Cannon v. State of Florida & Marvin Cannon v. Mark S. Inch, etc.
Supreme Court of Florida · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): affirmed
Wagner v. Mariners Landing Homeowners Association Phase III, Inc
First District Court of Appeal · Franklin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jackson v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Byrd v. Smart and Safe Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Joe Elton Nixon v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): affirmed
Brown v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Ellick v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Payne v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Daniels v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Ellick v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Andrew Day and Kristen Polley v. Christopher Polley and Summer Ann Lindsey
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Ellick v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Schneider v. DeSantis
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Gilberti, PE v. Uthmeier et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Hall v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Peterson v. Department of Corrections
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Chairty Lane Furr vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Liberty County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Elijah Brookins v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Gadsden County
Shawn Boyd vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Jeffrey Kenon vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Willie Bostick vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Bobby Lee Zeigler vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Willie Lanier vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Rolland A. Steele, Jr. vs Kamilah Prince
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Ronterrius Turner vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
William Saffell vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Antwan Dilworth vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Jamie Jackson vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Tina Winbush vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Labrandon Bodison vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
Alencia Bates Salters vs Gregory Joseph Giaimo
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Steven Turner vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Terron Lindsey vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Christopher Martin vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
John McKay vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Chairty Lane Furr vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Liberty County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Lavander Barkley vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Victor Bouie vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Franklin D. Manuel vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Mikhail Murray vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
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