Circuit Judge · First Judicial Circuit Court
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713 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge W. Joel Boles across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Division R, U & T (Probate/Guardianship), X (Drug Court)
Verified against Judge W. Joel Boles's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
M.C. Blanchard Judicial Building 190 Governmental Center, 6th Floor Pensacola, FL 32502
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the First District Court of Appeal (Tallahassee).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
Profile upgraded 2026-07-24: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://www.firstjudicialcircuit.org/legal-professionals/judges/w-joel-boles/), confirmed to name them before extraction. The court publishes no biography paragraph for this judge.
2 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 713 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 327 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (August 4, 2004–March 16, 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 327 are counted in the outcome census above.
last checked September 3, 2026
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Division R, U & T (Probate/Guardianship), X (Drug Court)current
date not recorded — present
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Christopher Cormier vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Manuel Jacquet vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Randall Paul Laws vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Tony James Leamon Stroud Jr. vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Damon Jermaine Forehand Jr. vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Amos Weatherspoon vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Jeffery L. Stanton vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Johnnie Lee Graphenreid VS State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jeffrey Finger vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Leah Manning vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Abraham Young Jr vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Terrance Jackson vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Michael Leon Toler Jr vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Denorris Antonio Wright vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Justin A. Lewis v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Coty Ray Withey vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Turner v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Fred Lee Jr. vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Frank Carter vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Darquavias Tyrell Brown vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Gerald Lamar Kimbrough vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Reginald Smith vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Keyavis Kenauntra Smiley vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Greer v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Nicholas O'Quinn vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Tulley William Blake vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Ian Lopez VS State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Wilson Tillman vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Doris Ewing, as Personal Representative etc. vs R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Samuel Bettis vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Herring v. Lutheran Services Florida, Inc., Guardianship of Kylan Herring
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Abron Zephair Little VS State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Schurger v. Huff, Johnson, et al
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Anthony Darnell Powell vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Cordarian Kevonta Thames vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Kristie Ann Callahan vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Michael Leon Toler Jr vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Kristopher Lee Ellis vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Jaymond Foster vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Tony L. Veasey II vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
Michael Leon Toler, Jr. vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Ellery Lamar Laster Jr. vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Diquan Tyrell Arnold vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Sammie Lee Stallworth vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Roy Cernell Cook Jr vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Robin Lee Archer v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): affirmed
Schwarz v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Deon Lanier Nettles, Jr. vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Preston Seth Hanna vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Antonio Lebaron Melton v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Escambia County
Disposition (court’s label): affirmed
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