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Case Number:  SC06-86  - Closed

STATE OF FLORIDA  vs.  LORENZO CEPHUS JOHNSON A/K/A LORENZO CEATUS JOHNSON, ETC.

Lower Tribunal Case(s): 2D04-3460


 Date Docketed
Description
Filed By
Notes
01/12/2006 NOTICE-DISCRETIONARY JURIS (CERT GPI) PT State Of Florida STATE BY: PT Marilyn Muir Beccue 119581  
01/20/2006 No Fee - State    
03/06/2006 ORDER-JURIS ACCEPT/BRIEF SCHED (OA LATER DATE)    
04/03/2006 INITIAL BRIEF-MERITS PT State Of Florida STATE BY: PT Marilyn Muir Beccue 119581 (O&7 & E-MAIL)
04/03/2006 APPENDIX PT State Of Florida STATE BY: PT Marilyn Muir Beccue 119581 (O&7)
04/05/2006 RECORD/TRANSCRIPT Hon. James Birkhold, Clerk D2 BY: Hon. James Birkhold, Clerk D2 3 VOLUMES RECORD, 1 VOLUME BRIEFS (& E-MAIL) AND CC PAPERS
04/19/2006 MOTION-EXT OF TIME (ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS) RS Lorenzo Cephus Johnson BY: RS William L. Sharwell 908886 FILED AS "MOTION FOR 20 DAY EXTENSION OF TIME"
04/21/2006 ORDER-EXT OF TIME GR (ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS)   Respondent's motion for extension of time is granted and respondent is allowed to and including May 15, 2006, in which to serve the answer brief on the merits. NO FURTHER EXTENSIONS OF TIME WILL BE GRANTED TO RESPONDENT FOR THE FILING OF THE ANSWER BRIEF ON THE MERITS. All other times will be extended accordingly.
05/16/2006 ORDER-OA SCHED (PREV ACCEPTED)   The Court previously accepted jurisdiction. The Court will hear oral argument at 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 19, 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.
05/16/2006 ORAL ARGUMENT CALENDAR    
05/17/2006 ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS RS Lorenzo Cephus Johnson BY: RS William L. Sharwell 908886 W/APPENDIX (O&7 & E-MAIL)
06/07/2006 REPLY BRIEF-MERITS PT State Of Florida STATE BY: PT Marilyn Muir Beccue 119581 (O&7 & E-MAIL)
09/05/2006 NOTICE-SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY PT State Of Florida STATE BY: PT Marilyn Muir Beccue 119581 O&7
09/08/2006 NOTICE-SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY PT State Of Florida STATE BY: PT Marilyn Muir Beccue 119581 (O&7)
09/11/2006 NOTICE-SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY RS Lorenzo Cephus Johnson BY: RS William L. Sharwell 908886 (O&7)
09/19/2006 ORAL ARGUMENT HELD    
10/09/2006 NOTICE-SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY RS Lorenzo Cephus Johnson BY: RS William L. Sharwell 908886 (O&7)
01/10/2007 NOTICE-SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY RS Lorenzo Cephus Johnson BY: RS William L. Sharwell 908886 (O&7)
03/26/2007 NOTICE-SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY RS Lorenzo Cephus Johnson BY: RS William L. Sharwell 908886 ORIGINAL ONLY (03/30/2007 - 7 COPIES FILED)
07/05/2007 NOTICE-ADDRESS CHANGE RS Lorenzo Cephus Johnson BY: RS William L. Sharwell 908886 FILED BY LORENZO CEPHUS JOHNSON
09/21/2007 NOTICE-SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY RS Lorenzo Cephus Johnson BY: RS William L. Sharwell 908886 O&7
09/24/2007 NOTICE-SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY PT State Of Florida STATE BY: PT Marilyn Muir Beccue 119581 O&7
12/19/2007 NOTICE-SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY RS Lorenzo Cephus Johnson BY: RS William L. Sharwell 908886 ORIGINAL ONLY (12/26/2007 - 7 COPIES FILED)
03/24/2008 NOTICE-SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY PT State Of Florida STATE BY: PT Marilyn Muir Beccue 119581 ORIGINAL ONLY (03/31/2008 - 7 COPIES FILED)
05/01/2008 DISP-APPROVED   For the reasons stated, we approve the decision of the Second District Court of Appeal and answer the certified question in the affirmative. The FDLE lab report was prepared for the sole purpose of litigation to prove an essential element of the crime charged. The admission of the FDLE lab report without the live testimony of the technician was in violation of the Confrontation Clause and Crawford.
05/23/2008 MANDATE   CC: COUNSEL
05/23/2008 RECORD/TRANSCRIPT RETURNED Hon. James Birkhold, Clerk D2 BY: Hon. James Birkhold, Clerk D2 3 VOLUMES RECORD, 1 VOLUME BRIEFS
07/17/2008 ARCHIVES    
07/29/2008 USSC CERTIORARI 08-132 & REC'D 08/04/2008
09/23/2008 USSC DISP-CERTIORARI DISM 08-132 (VOLUNTARY) & ORDER REC'D 09/26/2008