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Michael C. Heisey
Circuit Judge · Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Circuit Judge · Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court
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910 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Michael C. Heisey across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Judge — St Lucie County
Also: Appellate; Criminal
Courtroom 2B
On this assignment since January 12, 2026
Circuit Judge — St Lucie County · Appellate; Criminal
PROFILE (live circuit19.org, verified 2026-07-24): Subject areas — Appellate; Criminal. Courthouse: St. Lucie County Courthouse – Main. Courtroom 2B (general felony procedures). Judicial assistant: Laurie Verzi. Phone (772) 462-8856. Fax NOT PUBLISHED. 1 judge-specific procedure/form PDF(s) in BenchPath custody. Assignments controlled by Amended AO 2026-03 (Judicial Assignments for 2026, eff. Jan 12 2026, signed Chief Judge Charles A. Schwab).
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 Fourth District Court of Appeal (West Palm Beach).
● LiveThat court's published bench (11): Alan O. Forst, Burton C. Conner, Caroline Shepherd, Cory J. Ciklin, Johnathan D. Lott, Jonathan D. Gerber, Mark W. Klingensmith, Melanie G. May, Robert M. Gross, Shannon K. Shaw, Spencer D. Levine
Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
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8 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 910 total requirements apply in this courtroom across all layers — the Full Premium Report assembles the complete stack.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 152 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (September 30, 2015–July 31, 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 152 are counted in the outcome census above.
Joseph Francis, Jr. v. State of Florida
last checked September 3, 2026
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Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MARISSA PEREZ VS RICHARD GARRETT
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Janine Harris a/k/a Janine Bond v. Lawrence Harris
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Frisner Jean Broyes v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
JESSICA LEE ALLEN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RACHEL SUE MOCERI VS TREVOR BECKER
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Robby Allen v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Robert Asper v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Harold Lee Harvey, Jr. v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): affirmed
Xiomara Lee Figueroa v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LARRY CLASE VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Wellington Gilbert v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
YVONDA LAMEASH GANIOUS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Lorenzo Edward Farnell v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Thomas Markeith Brown v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Sharmarkco Dontrayvious Evans v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Anthony Joseph Germano v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
David Lavel Gervin v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Robert Castro v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
JONATHAN LEE COLLINS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RICHARD SHANE MILLER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Antwan Brown v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Waldron Jamine Brown v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jamie Brown v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JAMES E. LONG vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Domingo Bernardo v. Theresa Biemer and Crossroads Addiction Services, Inc.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
DAIVONDRE A. QUEENER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Demetrius Carter v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
CHRISTINA MARIE MCCORTS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
THOR J. ARNOLD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SHAUN ANTHONY TEDFORD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Anthony Currington v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Gary Flores v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Billy Leon Kearse v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): affirmed
Dwayne Fennell v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JORDAN MATTHEW CAPPS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOEL ANTONIO HERNANDEZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Gary Edward Clanton v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
James Kelly Deneus v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JONNA LEIGH KIMLA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Lorenzo Edward Farnell v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Dustin Andrew Bishop v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Lavelle Dontavious Cunningham v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
RONALD KEVIN DRENNAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
IVAN GARRISON GRIFFIN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Kwuan Montrell Baker v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Anthony Tyrone Adderley v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JARREN DAVID FARRIS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Arianna Aleja Colon v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
BRIAN STEVEN BENEFIELD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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