Sharon M. Franklin
Circuit Judge · Tenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Circuit Judge · Tenth Judicial Circuit Court
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317 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Sharon M. Franklin across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Juvenile (Admin) Sec J1 Dependency — Polk County
Juvenile (Admin) Sec J1 Dependency.
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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).
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3 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 317 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 98 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (February 21, 2018–July 24, 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 98 are counted in the outcome census above.
CARL REGINALD DUNLAP v. STATE OF FLORIDA
last checked September 3, 2026
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Juvenile (Admin) Sec J1 Dependency — Polk Countycurrent
date not recorded — present
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Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
SKYLER MOODY VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JUSTIN JEFFREY RINER, JR. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CHAD LATRAVIOUS COTTEN VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KYLE KENNETH KLICK VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
ERIC BRIAN FOURCHA VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
WAJID LOWE VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
RONALD SIMPSON VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
I. F. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES and STATEWIDE GUARDIAN AD LITEM
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
BROOKE M. BEATTY VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
RONALD CURTIS WILLIAMS, JR. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
TONY CURTIS HUNTER, JR. v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CHRISTIAN CARDONA FELICIANO v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CRYSTAL GAIL CALDWELL VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
MACKALA LINEVE JONES v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
WILLIE DANIEL SOLOMON, JR. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ROBERT WELSH VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
QUANTAVIOUS PIGLOR v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
J'BRIEL DAQUOIN SCURRY VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
JUAN RIVERA CABEZUDO VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
TIMOTHY MICHAEL BECKER VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JORGE SAMUEL HERNANDEZ LOPEZ VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JYLEANA TORRES v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
BENJAMIN JEROME LUCKETT VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
COREY STEPHEN SMITH VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
JESSICA WASHINGTON VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ULYSSES SMITH, SR. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CARLOS M. LLANOS-GARCIA v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
JUAN CARLOS JUAREZ-CARRERA VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
C. D. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES and GUARDIAN AD LITEM
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JUDITH IVETTE TORRES GARCIA v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
RODRECIUS HAMILTON VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
FRANK EDWARD SEIPE, JR. v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JOHNNY EDWARD SIMON v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
TAYLOR NICOLE TURPIN VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JAI MARSHALL COLLINS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
XYLENN THOMPKINS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JAYESEL TIMOTHY INNAISSANCE VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
COLBERT CHERUBIN VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
HIPOLITO JUAREZ VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MICHAEL SHERWOOD FOLSOM VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
COREY STEPHEN SMITH VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
GIOVANNI MARRA VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
WAYNE ESTEY VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
C. M. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES and GUARDIAN AD LITEM
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ADRIAN A. WILLIAMS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
JUSTIN LEWIS MINGAL v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DASMOND BRANNON VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
DASMOND T. BRANNON v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
AMY L. BRUNEAU VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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