Lawrence M. Lefler
Circuit Judge · Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified September 17, 2026
Circuit Judge · Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court
What applies in this courtroom
107 verified requirements may apply in this courtroom, by layer: 2 published by Judge Lawrence M. Lefler · 95 county-wide · 0 circuit-wide · 10 statewide — with 6 rule deadlines across those layers. Only the judge's own rules are specific to this courtroom; the other layers apply by court, county and state scope, and a court- or case-specific order can displace them.
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Circuit Criminal — Division C
Courtroom Annex Crt 14
Criminal Courthouse Annex, 401 N. Jefferson Street., Room #226, Tampa, Florida 33602
Published forms & procedures: Judicial Practices & Procedures
Verified against Judge Lawrence M. Lefler's own court profile page, 2026-08-02.
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).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
Profile upgraded 2026-08-02: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://www.fljud13.org/Directory/Judges/Judge-Lefler), confirmed to name them before extraction. The court publishes no biography paragraph for this judge. 1 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
2 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 107 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.
Judge Lefler's practices PDF (mod. June 30, 2026 — which also confirms his division as Felony C): proposed orders submit in PDF format, and exhibits go to the clerk in paper, single-sided.
27 verbatim courtroom requirements from Judge Lawrence M. Lefler's published division procedures.
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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Use the live case-law search below to see what exists for this judge today.
How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 48 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (July 25, 2014–September 30, 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.
MICHAEL SCHMOKER vs MONICA SCHMOKER
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
DAVID K BLUNN vs TIFFANY RATH
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Everett v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
T. J. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
K. I. P. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Canadiate v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
IVORY E. GATHINGS vs LAKEITH GATHINGS
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
T. W. v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
S. D. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ANTHONY PAYNE vs ELIZABETH PAYNE
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
S. W. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Williams v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
J. R. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
X. S. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
O. W. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
JOSEPH ARTHUR WIENDL vs STEPHANIE WIENDL
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Hicks v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
X. S. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Bowen v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
B. P. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
J. A. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
D. P. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Merritt v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Damico v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
K. W. v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
J. S. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
McNeal v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
T. E. S. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
M. E. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
J. K. S. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Taylor v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LESA MARTINO vs MEMBERS TRUST COMPANY, FSB, AS GUARDIAN OF THE PROPERTY OF ROLAND THOMAS MARTINO, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
D. W. v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Taylor v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JOSEPH ARTHUR WIENDL vs STEPHANIE WIENDL
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
K. S. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Fulton v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ROSEMITA JEAN vs JOSUE JEAN
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Steadman v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Taylor v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
H. G. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
S. W. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
G. L. S. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
E. I., II vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MCCLAMMA v. GLASS, COMMISSIONER
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Branson v. Rodriguez-Linares
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Goldring v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Brown v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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last checked October 24, 2026
last checked October 24, 2026
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