Susan L. Barber
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 Susan L. Barber across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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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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5 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.
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 41 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (June 10, 2022–April 21, 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.
ERICK RABELO VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
last checked September 3, 2026
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JOSE ANTONIO CORCHADO VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LEKISHA SMITH VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DEMARCUS JEFFERSON VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ADRIANNA NOELLE BRADLEY v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JOSEPH R. MILLS v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
SHONTERIA STORY VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
JOELEE EDWARD DAVIS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ESTEBAN JIMENEZ VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
C.M.V. v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ARLANDRES SIMS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
STATE OF FLORIDA VS NERI BANDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
SHAWN CHRISTOPHER FITZGERALD VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CHARLES ANDREW JACKSON VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
TRUE BUILDERS, INC. vs UNIVERSAL PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ARON RODRIGUEZ-VILLASANA VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
COY LAMAR DOTSON, I I I VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ARTURO ACURERO VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
SAMUEL DEAN HART v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
HEWITT A. GRANT, II VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DELAVON JOHNSON VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
HEWITT A. GRANT, I I VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
GARY BAKER VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DANNY B. BECKNER VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
TREVIN MARCUS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
PERRY LEE CHANCE VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CHARLES ANTHONY WHITE VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MICHAEL ALLEN LOVETT VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
JASON DAVID BYRD VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
HEWITT A. GRANT, I I VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ROLAND STEPHENS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JOHN BARRYMAN STARLING VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ALAN ROBBIE CHESHIRE VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
EVERETTE LEON BLACK, JR. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JERRY LEE HOPKINS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
WILLIAM R. NELSON VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LLOYD SUMMERALL, JR. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DERRION T. PATTERSON VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
HAROLD MOFFATT VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
HEWITT A. GRANT, I I VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
BENJAMIN G. KIRKLAND VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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