Wesley R. Douglas
Circuit Judge · Third Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Circuit Judge · Third Judicial Circuit Court
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405 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Wesley R. Douglas across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Judge
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).
Provenance attributed 2026-08-08: official page https://thirdcircuitfl.org/judges/judge-wesley-r-douglas/ live-verified to name this judge (sha256 5aed3353bc6ad218…). No clean biographical prose was extractable from the page (it served procedures/contact/referral text); roster facts render, narrative withheld.
1 verified rule specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 405 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 175 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (March 19, 2014–January 22, 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 175 are counted in the outcome census above.
last checked September 3, 2026
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State of Florida vs Joasa Roy Ware
First District Court of Appeal · Dixie County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Oliver Young, Jr. vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Hamilton County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Camekco Webb vs Columbia Co. School Board
First District Court of Appeal · Columbia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Staring v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Hamilton County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jones a/k/a Obadyah Baraq Yisrael v. Florida Commission on Offender Review, Secretary, et al
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Godfrey v. Russell
First District Court of Appeal · Columbia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Ivey v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jones v. State of Florida, et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
M.W., Father of J.M.W. v. In the Matter of The Termination of Parental Rights for the Proposed Adoption of a Minor Child
First District Court of Appeal · Columbia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Love v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Bell v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jonard Edmund Banks VS State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Hamilton County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Montana Scott Davis VS State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Hamilton County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Russell v. Godfrey
First District Court of Appeal · Columbia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Samuel Roy Cone II VS State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Columbia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Russell v. Godfrey
First District Court of Appeal · Columbia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Daphne Wakeley VS State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Hamilton County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Simard v. Secretary, Department of Corrections, etc. et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Lee v. State of Florida, et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Knight, d/b/a JKI Industries v. Poire, Poire
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Thomas C. O'Bryant vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Hamilton County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Joeris v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Hamilton County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Malik Griffin VS State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Hamilton County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Baxter v. Baxter
First District Court of Appeal · Hamilton County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Daniels v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Hamilton County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Smith v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Ivey v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Alexander v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Kelly v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Johnson v. State of Florida, et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Katelyn S. Shattler vs James Austin Gilbert
First District Court of Appeal · Suwannee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Hall v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Anthony Van Francis VS State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Hamilton County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Oliver Young, Jr. vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Hamilton County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Kyle L. Giebeig vs Gerald P. Giebeig
First District Court of Appeal · Columbia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Kelly Watts vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Columbia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Bracewell v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Hamilton County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
McCray v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Roundtree v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Sullivan v. State of Florida,
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Godfrey v. Russell
First District Court of Appeal · Columbia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Ivey v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Hartsfield v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Livingston v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Mapp v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Gallon v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Cory Broadhead vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Columbia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Gee v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Daniels v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Hamilton County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Miller v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
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