Circuit Judge · Fifth Judicial Circuit Court
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873 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Steven G. Rogers across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Administrative Judge — Marion County
From Judge Steven G. Rogers's own profile page on the circuit's county judiciary index, verified 2026-07-25.
Verified 2026-08-03: the 5th's own county judiciary pages render name-only rosters with no biography prose. A court fact, not a harvest gap.
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Fifth District Court of Appeal (Daytona Beach).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
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5 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 873 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.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 132 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (May 21, 2007–August 6, 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 132 are counted in the outcome census above.
RAFAEL FALCON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
last checked September 3, 2026
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Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DONALD E. WARD, JR. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
EUGENE BARNES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TERRY A. BURLISON vs JEFFERY BENFIELD D/B/A GREEN OAKS MANOR MOBILE HOME PARK
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CHARLIE MARTIN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STEVEN CARO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
CARL LEE EVANS, JR vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOHN MOORE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TERRY A. BURLISON VS JEFFREY W. BENEFIELD D/B/A GREEN OAKS MANOR MOBILE HOME PARK
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
BO PETE JEFFREY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STEVEN L. SCHRADER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BRIAN HOBBS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Verna D. Tillman v. Mahlon O. Sweat
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Certiorari Review of Order from the Circuit Court for Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Petition - Authored Opinion
JASON O'SHEA YOUNG vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CINDY M. WOOD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STATE OF FLORIDA vs WILLIAM AUSTIN KOONTZ
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
MALIK E. FORTES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STEVEN TONEY GREENE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DEXTER C. NEWSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STEVEN TONEY GREENE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PAT N. WISEMAN, JR. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Estate of Edward Albart, by and through its Personal Representative, David W. Albart; Edward Albart Revocable Living Trust dated April 5, 2001, by its Trustee, David W. Albart; and William E. Albart, Individually v. US Bank, N.A., as Securities Intermediary for Viva Capital 3 L.P.; Viva Capital 3 L.P.; and Edward Albart Life Insurance Trust dated June 15, 2005,
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
NATHAN HOWARD NORMAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Judy Roberts, Individually, and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Richard Kevin Roberts v. Dolgencorp, LLC d/b/a Dollar General, and Chastain Group, LLC
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LESTER L. WILLIAMS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KENT M. SCHEPMAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DYLAN THOMAS ROBERTS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
CARLOS SANTIAGO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CHRISTOPHER TAKHVAR vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Chaddrice White v. Autozoners, LLC,
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KELVIN L. SMITH vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LOUIS ROWGHANI SEPULVEDA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RAYMOND T. LEWIS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Theodore Surrency v. State of Florida and Department of Corrections
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
John S. Turan and Mercedes P. Turan v. Specialized Loan Servicing LLC et al
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KWASI FRANCIS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RAYMOND TYRONE LEWIS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GABRIEL AYALA-QUINONES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RODNEY F. SNOW, II vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RAYMOND T. LEWIS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Non-dispositive
RODNEY SNOW vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GREGORY RALPH MULAC vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KEEFER JORDAN NICOLO-SHUBERT vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
THOMAS LEROY MCGHEE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TRAQUAIL LAMONT FORT vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MICHELE PAQUIN, JORDAN JOHNSON, JUSTIN JOHNSON, JOEL JOHNSON AND JARED JOHNSON VS ANDREW CAMPBELL, LPL FINANCIAL, LLC AND THE PRIVATE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS TRUSTEE OF THE
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
WILLIAM TURNER MARTIN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SARAH S. SONA VS FOUNDATION SERVICES OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, INC., STONE CREEK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC.,
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
MICHAEL BASIL TAYLOR vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Rebecca A. Vares-Ebert v. Andrew T. Pozzuto and Shanta M. Pozzuto
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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