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Case Number:  SC04-708  - Closed

MERYL MCDONALD  vs.  JAMES R. MCDONOUGH, ETC.

Lower Tribunal Case(s): CRC94-2958 CFANO-B


 Date Docketed
Description
Filed By
Notes
04/30/2004 PETITION-HABEAS CORPUS PT Meryl S. Mcdonald 180399 BY: PT Peter James Cannon 109710 (O&7) WITH DISKETTE
04/30/2004 No Fee Required    
05/03/2004 ORDER-RESPONSE/REPLY REQUESTED   TO PETITION-HABEAS CORPUS
05/12/2004 LETTER PT Meryl S. Mcdonald 180399 BY: PT Meryl S. Mcdonald 180399 (PRO SE) DATED 05/10/2004, REQUESTING COPY OF PETITION ; 05/14/2004: ADVISED COST IS $55.00 OR SEARCH WEBSITE.
05/19/2004 MOTION-STRIKE PT Meryl S. Mcdonald 180399 BY: PT Meryl S. Mcdonald 180399 (PRO SE )PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
06/09/2004 LETTER   (PRO SE) DATED 06/07/2004, ADVISE HE IS INDIGENT AND CANNOT PAY COSTS; 06/23/2004: ADVISED HIM TO CONTACT HIS ATTORNEY FOR COPY OF PETITION.
06/17/2004 MOTION-TOLL TIME RS Hon. James V. Crosby, Jr., Etc. CROSBY BY: RS Kimberly Nolen Hopkins 986682 FOR FILING RESPONSE
06/21/2004 ORDER-RESPONSE/REPLY REQUESTED   Petitioner, pro se, has filed a Motion to Strike CCRC's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. Petitioner's counsel is hereby requested to serve a response to the above-referenced motion on or before July 6, 2004. The respondent may serve a reply on or before July 16, 2004.
06/24/2004 ORDER-TOLLING GR   Appellee/Respondent's motion to toll time for filing answer brief and response to petition for writ of habeas corpus is granted and the time for filing said answer brief and response is tolled pending disposition of the pro se motion to discharge appointed counsel filed in the Court on April 19, 2004, appellee's motion to strike initial brief filed in this Court on May 10, 2004, and appellant's motion to supplement the record filed in this Court on May 19, 2004. (SEE SC03-648 TO VIEW ORDER)
06/28/2004 LETTER   (PRO SE) DATED 06/24/2004
07/21/2004 NOTICE-APPEARANCE RS Hon. James V. Crosby, Jr., Etc. CROSBY BY: RS Katherine V. Blanco 327832 BY KATHERINE V. BLANCO AS COUNSEL FOR JAMES B. CROSBY, JR.
08/06/2004 RESPONSE PT Meryl S. Mcdonald 180399 BY: PT Peter James Cannon 109710 TO PRO SE MOT/STRIKE CCRC'S PETITION (RESPONSE FILED LATE); 08/09/2004: REQUESTED MOT/ACCEPT AS TIMELY FILED; 08/19/2004: MOTION FILED.
08/16/2004 REPLY TO RESPONSE RS Hon. James V. Crosby, Jr., Etc. CROSBY BY: RS Katherine V. Blanco 327832 TO PRO SE MOT/STRIKE CCRC'S PETITION (O&7 W/DISK)
08/19/2004 MOTION-ACCEPTANCE AS TIMELY FILED (RESPONSE/REPLY) PT Meryl S. Mcdonald 180399 BY: PT Peter James Cannon 109710  
08/30/2004 ORDER-ACCEPTANCE AS TIMELY FILED GR (RESP/REPLY)   Petitioner's Motion to Accept Late Response to Motion to Discharge Appointed Counsel is granted and said response was filed with this Court on August 6, 2004.
02/24/2005 ORDER-STRIKE   Meryl McDonald has filed a pro se "Motion to Strike CCRC's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus". The motion is hereby stricken. See Davis v. State, 789 So.2d 978 (Fla.2001).
03/11/2005 MOTION-REHEARING ON MISC ORDER PT Meryl S. Mcdonald 180399 BY: PT Meryl S. Mcdonald 180399 (PRO SE) OF ORDER DATED 02/24/2005
04/18/2005 ORDER-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE DY   Meryl McDonald's Motion for Rehearing filed with this Court on March 11, 2005, is hereby denied without prejudice to seek removal of counsel in the trial court.
10/26/2005 RESPONSE RS Hon. James V. Crosby, Jr., Etc. CROSBY BY: RS Katherine V. Blanco 327832 TO PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS (O&7 & E-MAIL)
02/13/2006 ORDER-CASE STYLE CHANGE   The style of the above case has been changed from Meryl McDonald vs. James v. Crosby, Jr., etc. to Meryl McDonald vs. James R. McDonough, etc.
03/03/2006 ORDER-OA SCHED   The above case is hereby scheduled for oral argument at 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 3, 2006. A maximum of twenty (20) minutes to the side is allowed, but counsel is expected to use only so much of that time as is necessary. NO CONTINUANCES WILL BE GRANTED EXCEPT UPON A SHOWING OF EXTREME HARDSHIP. TO VIEW ORDER SEE SC03-648
03/03/2006 ORAL ARGUMENT CALENDAR    
05/03/2006 ORAL ARGUMENT HELD    
11/02/2006 DISP-DENIED   Because Burns has failed to raise any issue with merit, we affirm the circuit court's denial of his postconviction motion and the circuit court's determination that Burns is not mentally retarded.
11/16/2006 WEST CORRESPONDENCE   CORRECTED OPINION - On page 20, in the third line of the paragraph that begins on page 20, the clause "trial counsel was ineffective for requesting a Frye hearing on the bloodstain evidence" has been corrected to read "trial counsel was ineffective for not requesting a Frye hearing on the bloodstain evidence."
11/20/2006 MOTION-REHEARING PT Meryl S. Mcdonald 180399 BY: PT Peter James Cannon 109710 O&7 (FILED LATE) (RC)
11/29/2006 MOTION-STRIKE RS Hon. James R. Mcdonough, Etc. BY: RS Katherine V. Blanco 327832 FILED AS "MOTION TO STRIKE PRO SE MOTION FOR REHEARING AS UNAUTHORIZED AND MOTION TO STRIKE CCRC'S MOTION FOR REHEARING AS UNTIMELY AND IN VIOLATION OF RULE 9.330" (O&7) (03/12/2007: GRANT MOT/STRIKE PRO SE REH; DENY MOT/STRIKE CCRC REH)
11/29/2006 RESPONSE PT Meryl S. Mcdonald 180399 BY: PT Peter James Cannon 109710 TO STATE'S MOTION TO STRIKE MOTION FOR REHEARING (O&7)
03/12/2007 DISP-REHEARING DY   Upon consideration of Appellee/Respondent's Motion to Strike Pro Se Motion for Rehearing as Unauthorized and Motion to Strike CCRC's Motion for Rehearing as Untimely and in Violation of Rule 9.330, it is ordered that the Motion to Strike Pro Se Motion for Rehearing as Unauthorized is granted and said pro se motion for rehearing filed with this Court on November 20, 2006, is hereby stricken. The Motion to Strike CCRC's Motion for Rehearing as Untimely and in Violation of Rule 9.330 is hereby denied. Appellant/Petitioner's Motion for Rehearing is hereby denied.
03/28/2007 MANDATE   CC: COUNSEL
06/12/2007 ARCHIVES   M/R Box 3033 (file)