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County Judge · Pinellas County Court
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410 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Kathleen T. Hessinger across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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County Criminal (Pinellas)
Courtroom Pinellas County Justice Center
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Courthouse, Pinellas County Justice Center, Address
Verified against Judge Kathleen T. Hessinger's own court profile page, 2026-08-02.
Verified 2026-08-03: the 6th's own judge pages publish a biography but no portrait — page images are site chrome only. A court fact, not a harvest gap.
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 Second District Court of Appeal (St. Petersburg).
● LiveThat court's published bench (15): Andrea Teves Smith, Anthony K. Black, Craig C. Villanti, Daniel H. Sleet, Edward C. LaRose, J. Andrew Atkinson, John Guard, Matthew C. Lucas, Morris Silberman, Nelly Khouzam, Patricia J. Kelly, Robert Morris, Stevan T. Northcutt, Susan H. Rothstein-Youakim
Profile upgraded 2026-08-02: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://www.jud6.org/judge/kathleen-t-hessinger/), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page.
1 verified rule specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 410 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.
Timing shown here is quoted from the rule text. Compute your actual date against the court's calendar and the rule itself — not legal advice.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 30 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (December 17, 2010–April 1, 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.
MECHURA v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
last checked September 4, 2026
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County Criminal (Pinellas)current
date not recorded — present · Courtroom Pinellas County Justice Center
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
KATELYN ALEXANDRIA HITZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
FIELDS v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ROBERT BADILLO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LOPEZ v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Heyerdahl v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
SHEA v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Pitts v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DEREK LAMONT JOHNSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Manuel v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ERICA NICOLE WILLIAMS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
BRITTANY LAPRINCESS WILLIAMS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STEPHEN EARL MESERVE VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Eckert v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
SHERLOCK v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KENNETH SHAWN POLING vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Martinez v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Montgomery v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
K. H. vs DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WILLIAM BECK vs CAROL HOWARD, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
K. T. B. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
S. S. S. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
J. K. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
LYLE FRAMPTON vs JENNIFER LYLE BRYANT, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
T. B. vs DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG vs BRUCE WRIGHT
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
INITIAL PROSPECTIVE ADOPTIVE PARENTS vs IN RE: THE MATTER OF THE PROPOSED ADOPTION OF A MINOR CHILD, INFANT GIRL
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LYLE FRAMPTON vs JENNIFER LYLE BRYANT, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Westaway v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
09-1831
Second District Court of Appeal · Pinellas County
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