Tesha Ballou
Circuit Judge · Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Circuit Judge · Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court
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834 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Tesha Ballou across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Probate/Guardianship — Brevard County
Education: New England School of Law, J.D.; Stonehill College, B.A., magna cum laude; Judicial History; Circuit Judge, Probate and Guardianship Division, Titusville, Florida.; Circuit Judge, Criminal Division, Titusville, Florida.; Awards & Recognitions; 2025 Judicial Distinguished Service Award for the State of Florida, presented by the Statewide Florida Council on Crime and Delinquency; 2025 Judicial Distinguished Service Award for Brevard County, presented by the local Chapter 20, Florida Council on Crime and Delinquency; Steve Griggs Family of Rotary Award; Pro Bono Service Award, Eighteenth Judicial Circuit; Organizations, Committees, and Commissions; Brevard County Bar Association, Member; Brevard Bar Foundation, Member; Brevard County Association of Women Lawyers, Member
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Titusville Courthouse, in Titusville, Brevard, Scheduling Hearings
Published forms & procedures: Judge Ballou’s – Division P Probate/Trusts/Guardianship/Mental Health – Policies and Procedures
Verified against Judge Tesha Ballou's own court profile page, 2026-08-02.
Division P — Probate / Guardianship / Mental Health / Trusts (controlling: AO 26-16-B eff. 2026-04-01)
Titusville Courthouse, Second floor
Tesha Scolaro Ballou
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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).
Profile upgraded 2026-08-02: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://flcourts18.org/tesha-scolaro-ballou-biography/), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 1 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
2 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 834 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 98 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (December 17, 2019–June 10, 2025) 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.
DAVID W. LAPORTE VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 4, 2026
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TEDDY LOUIS BENNETT vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DAVID O. PAYET VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DAVID O. PAYET VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MILTON LEWIS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
MATTHEW EDGAR BRODMAN VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
COREY LAVELL GRAHAM VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CHRYSTAL E. MILLER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MILTON LEWIS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DAVID O. PAYET VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JAMES VERLETTE DRYSDALE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
THEOTIS CAMPBELL vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CLARENCE GEROME THOMAS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
FREDERICK CHARLES SWITZER VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jonathan Page v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Dallas Wayne Oropeza v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MILTON LEWIS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
CHRISTOPHER LYNN KOPPE VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
DALLAS WAYNE OROPEZA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LUKE SMITH vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DAVID O. PAYET vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MICHAEL BUNCE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ROBERT REDMON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JEFFREY R. SMITH vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOHNTA T. ROBINSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WILLIE B. HAMPTON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DAVID PAYET vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STATE OF FLORIDA vs RICKY LEE DAVIS
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOHN MOORE, III vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JARVIS GARRETT vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
AMANDA MARSH vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ALICIA SADE WILEY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DERWIN HENDERSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DIDEROT SUFFRENA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JEROME J. FOX, JR. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOSEPH J. LUZIER, III vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BRYSON JOHNSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JARVIS KELLY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
AMBER MALTESE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
FRANCIS LEO SCOTT vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TERRY LEE SNYDER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CHARLES BERNARD ROBINSON, JR. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BILLY BRAZEALE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WILLIAM THEODORE WOODWARD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MILTON LEWIS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
QUENTIN T. WOODRUFF vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CHARLES B. ROBINSON, JR. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SANTONIO RUTH vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JENNA RAE TANNER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ROBERT BOYD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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