975 So. 2d 1073 - Sutton v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
25 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 436 So. 2d 93 - Combs v. State · 658 So. 2d 523 - Haines City Community Dev. v. Heggs · 945 So. 2d 1246 - Engle v. Liggett Group, Inc. · English v. McCrary · 720 So. 2d 216 - Sheley v. Florida Parole Com'n
Most-quoted passages
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“can only grant a petition for writ of certiorari based on a departure from the essential requirements of law. A departure from the essential requirements of law is not mere legal error, but instead, involves a "gross miscarriage of justice." Due to its discretionary nature, a district court of appeal may refuse to grant certiorari relief even if there is legal error which could be argued to be a departure from the essential requirements of law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“show ... that the party fears that he or she will not receive a fair trial or hearing because of specifically described prejudice or bias of the judge " (emphasis added) ); Sutton v. State , 975 So.2d 1073 , 1081 (Fla. 2008) ("A departure from the essential requirements of law is not mere legal error, but instead, involves a gross miscarriage of justice.... These standards govern the process of a district court of appeal in certiorari review of an order on a petition for writ of prohibition in this context to ensure that such review will neither function like nor actually be a second appeal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[T]he reviewing court in this context can only grant a petition for writ of certiorari based on a departure from the essential requirements of law. A departure from the essential requirements of law is not mere legal error, but instead, involves a 'gross miscarriage of justice.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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