Keith A. Carsten
Circuit Judge · Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Circuit Judge · Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
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545 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Keith A. Carsten across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Criminal — Division 1/19 (Orange)
Judicial Assignment: 2026 Administrative Circuit Judge,; Circuit Criminal; 2023-2025 Administrative Circuit Judge, Osceola County Circuit and County Courts; 2020-2025 Circuit Judge, Osceola County Circuit Criminal, Juvenile Delinquency and Jimmy Ryce Act; 2026 Circuit Judge, Orange County Criminal; 2022 Associate Administrative Judge, Osceola County Circuit Criminal, Juvenile Delinquency and Jimmy Ryce Act; 2018-2019 Circuit Judge, Orange County Civil; 2015-2017 Circuit Judge, Orange County Criminal; 2013-2014 Circuit Judge, Osceola County Unified Family Court — Education: Juris Doctor: Stetson University College of Law; Bachelor of Arts: University of Florida — Professional Activities: Member, The Florida Bar; Member, Orange County Bar Association; Chairman, Orange County Bar Association Criminal Law Section 2012-2013; Orange County Bar Association Legal Aid Volunteer Attorney; Member, Osceola County Bar Association; Assistant State Attorney in the Ninth Judicial Circuit in Orange and Osceola Counties 1998-2001; Florida Bar Board Certified in Criminal Trial Practice; Former Volunteer Teen Court Judge and Legal Advisor; Member, Rotary Club Orlando Downtown Club; Circuit
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Sixth District Court of Appeal (Lakeland).
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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://ninthcircuit.org/judges/circuit/keith-carsten), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 126 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (August 11, 2014–June 16, 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 126 are counted in the outcome census above.
ROSEN CENTRE, INC. D/B/A ROSEN CENTRE HOTEL vs DEMOCRATIC AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN'S CAUCUS, INC. AND LESILE WIMES
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Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SHAWN PHELPS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
PEDRO AUSBERTO HERNANDEZ-GONZALEZ v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JOSEPH ANDRE NAVARRO VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CALVIN DRUMWRIGHT, JR. v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ANTHONY M. BROWN VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DEIDRA ASHLEY HANEY VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
WILLIAM MICHAEL HENSLEY VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ISHNAR LOPEZ RAMOS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
PAUL ALLEN DAVIS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
JERMAINE ORLANDO GORDON v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ELIJAH SHAWN PERRY VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
AVONTE TRESHAWN-MICHAEL VAUGHAN VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DANIEL A. GONZALEZ VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ANTHONY J. CIOTTI, AS EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF ANTHONY G. CIOTTI vs NANCI HUBSCH
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
QUONTAVIUS LEON HEGGS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CHRISTOPHER KEITH SHEA VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
THEODORE WASHINGTON vs U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND GAIL L. WASHINGTON
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH SULLIVAN VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DAMERIUS KASHON HART v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
WILLIAM GONZALEZ SIERRA VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JOE N. MENDEZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
EMERITA MAPP VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DENZIL ADRIAN LAWRENCE VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DELBERT R. GARDNER v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JOSE HUMBERTO PEREZ, JR. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ANDRIC BARKSDALE VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DAVID GREGORY RHUM VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LUIS ANGEL BERRIOS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
SAFARI H.T. RODRIGUEZ, v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
GREGORY EDWARD GARNER, JR. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LANCE ANDREW COOPER, II v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JOSHUA ALEXIS JUSTINIANO-NAZARIO v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
VICTOR MANUEL RODRIGUEZ-RIVERA VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
James Ernest Hitchcock v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): affirmed
RANDY RAY RODRIGUEZ VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ZENEN ROGELIO ALICEA MALDONADO VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
THADDEOUS AUSTIN WARRINGTON VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LUIS ANGEL ROSARIO VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JAMES ROBERT HOLCOMB v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
WILLIE FRANK MORGAN, III v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CHRISTOPHER OTERO-RIVERA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR CARRINGTON MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006-RFC1, ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, vs LINDA PEREIRA, ALEJANDRO PEREIRA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, AND GREENWICH INVESTORS XXXIII, LLC
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KENYETTA BIAFRA BELLAMY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JAMAAR JULIUS KING vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JUAN FIGUEROA-RIVERA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ABDELILAH JABRI vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOSEPH JAMES RANKIN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RICHARD A. SOLOMON vs STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY AND STATE FARM FLORIDA INSURANCE COMPANY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOSEPH ANDRE NAVARRO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
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