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12 verbatim mandatory provisions from 1990 Admin Order 90-97-s.
Eighteenth Judicial Circuit. Check the order's own effective and rescission dates before relying on it. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the order's own text layer, harvested 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used. Only sentences containing mandatory language (shall, must, may not, no later than, within N) are reproduced — the full document is in custody and is the controlling text. • Relief must be denied. 3 In Wilson, 474 So. 2d at 1164, the following was cited: • Moreover, an allegation of ineffective counsel will not be permitted to serve as a means of circumventing the rule that habeas corpus proceedings do not provide a second or substitute appeal." Blanco v. • Because the instant claim was raised and rejected on direct appeal, Pittman may not use his habeas petition to obtain a second appeal of the matter. • Pittman‘s successive attempt to repeat his ―Carl Hughes‖ claim in habeas must be rejected under Smith and Jones. • The principle is self-evident: the police may not sidestep constitutional protections by employing jail residents as independent contractors to interrogate defendants without the presence of an attorney. • State, 852 So. 2d 226, 229 (Fla. 2003) (stating that for an issue ―to be cognizable on appeal, it must be the specific contention asserted as legal ground for the objection, exception, or motion below‖) (quoting Steinhorst v. • Hughes had written a letter to the sentencing judge prior to his sentencing letting him know of his cooperation with FBI, and FDLE on HUD cases and in the David Pittman case. • Prior to sentencing, Hughes decided to cooperate at the time he pled guilty. • Habeas relief must be denied. -- 33 of 51 -- 34 CLAIM IV THE TRIAL COURT PROPERLY FOUND PITTMAN’S CONTEMPORANEOUS CONVICTIONS FOR MURDER TO BE AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES. • But what does that allow you to consider in deciding whether the crime is heinous, atrocious or cruel? Well, the law allows you to consider such things as the fear and emotional strain on the victims at time of and prior to their death. • Habeas relief must be denied on this waived, unpreserved and meritless claim. • State, 838 So.2d 535, 542 (Fla. 2003) (reiterating that the Florida Standard Jury Instructions have been determined to be in 9 In Caldwell, the United States Supreme Court held that the jury must be fully advised of the importance of its role, and neither comments nor instructions may minimize the jury's sense of responsibility for determining the appropriateness of death.
Relief must be denied. 3 In Wilson, 474 So. 2d at 1164, the following was cited:
Reviewer note: Document sha256: 4c0866e558d04e7189de78c6c9ea84e3ecbe2a5afdd0a05d2bdae03fe7c8cab2 (320829 bytes). BenchPath harvested this circuit itself because no research corpus existed for it. Extraction is conservative: mandatory-language sentences only, so this rule is a faithful subset of the order, never a summary of it.
The 17th Circuit's circuit-wide AI disclosure/certification mandate (Jan 2026, twice amended) was VACATED in its entirety effective June 15, 2026 by Chief Judge Phillips's AO 2026-19-Gen, expressly citing the statewide framework (AOSC26-12; Rule 2.515(d)(2), SC2026-0673). Several division procedure pages still cite the vacated order.
Every circuit-civil case reviewed within 120 days of commencement and assigned a track (complex, streamlined, or general); case management orders required; firm continuance policy; sanctions for missed deadlines. Rescinds AO 21-09.
Circuit-civil hearing-availability standards: motion calendars ~2 weeks from request; 15-30 min special sets within 45-60 days; longer special sets scale.