In re Amendments to the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure

75 So. 3d 239, 2011 WL 5218961
CourtSupreme Court of Florida
DecidedNovember 3, 2011
DocketNo. SC11-192
StatusPublished
Cited by2 cases

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In re Amendments to the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure, 75 So. 3d 239, 2011 WL 5218961 (Fla. 2011).

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

The Appellate Court Rules Committee (Rules Committee) has filed its regular-cycle report of proposed rule changes in accordance with Florida Rule Judicial of Administration 2.140(b)(4). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.

BACKGROUND

The Rules Committee proposes amendments to existing rules 9.100(b) (Original Proceedings); 9.110(b) (Appeal Proceedings to Review Final Orders of Lower Tribunals and Orders Granting New Trial in Jury and Non-Jury Cases); 9.120(b) (Discretionary Proceedings to Review Decisions of District Courts of Appeal); 9.125 (Review of Trial Court Orders and Judgments Certified by the District Courts of Appeal as Requiring Immediate Resolution by the Supreme Court); 9.130 (Proceedings to Review Non-Final Orders and Specified Final Orders); 9.140 (Appeal Proceedings in Criminal Cases); 9.150 (Discretionary Proceedings to Review Certified Questions from Federal Courts); 9.160 (Discretionary Proceedings to Review Decisions of County Courts); 9.180 (Appeal Proceedings to Review Workers’ Compensation Cases); 9.190 (Judicial Review of Administrative Action); 9.200(b)(4) (The Record; Transcript(s) of Proceedings); 9.225 (Notice of Supplemental Authority); 9.370 (Amicus Curiae); 9.420 (Filing; Service of Copies; Computation of Time); and 9.800 (Uniform Citation System). The Rules Committee also proposes new rule 9.170 (Appeal Proceedings in Probate and Guardianship Cases) and new form 9.900(j) (Notice of Supplemental Authority), which corresponds to its proposed amendments to rule 9.225.

The Rules Committee proposed new and amended rules; it published the proposals for comment in accordance with rule 2.140(b)(2). Three comments were received and considered by the Rules Committee. The Florida Bar Board of Governors unanimously approved the proposals.

The Court published the proposals for comment and received four comments: one comment addressing amendments to rule 9.140; one comment addressing new rule 9.170; and two comments addressing proposed amendments to rule 9.420. The Rules Committee filed a response, which includes revised proposed amendments for rules 9.140 and 9.420, respectively.

AMENDMENTS

Oral argument was held on the proposals.1 Having considered the Committee’s proposals, the comments, and the respons[240]*240es, and having heard oral argument, we adopt the new rules and the amendments, with modifications to the proposal for rule 9.140 as explained below.

Rule 9.140(d)(1)(E) (Appeal Proceedings in Criminal Cases; Withdrawal of Defense Counsel After Judgment and Sentence or After Appeal by State) is amended to recognize the recently created Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel and to clarify the procedures regarding representation in criminal cases. We modify the proposed amendment because chapter 27, Florida Statutes, provides that private counsel may be appointed by court order and compensated with public funds. See § 27.40(7)(a), Fla. Stat. (2011).2

Accordingly, we amend the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure as set forth in the appendix to this opinion. New language is indicated by underscoring; deletions are indicated by struck-through type. The committee notes are offered for explanation only and are not adopted as an official part of the rules. These amendments shall become effective on January 1, 2012, at 12:01 a.m.

It is so ordered.

CANADY, C.J. and PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, POLSTON, LABARGA, and PERRY, JJ., concur.

APPENDIX

RULE 9.100. ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS

(a) [No change]

(b) Commencement; Parties. The original jurisdiction of the court shall be invoked by filing a petition, accompanied by a filing fee ifany filing fees prescribed by law, with the clerk of the court deemed to have jurisdiction. If the original jurisdiction of the court is invoked to enforce a private right, the proceeding shall not be brought on the relation of the state. If the petition seeks review of an order entered by a lower tribunal, all parties to the proceeding in the lower tribunal who are not named as petitioners shall be named as respondents.

(c)-(d) [No Change]

(e) Exception; Petitions for Writs of Mandamus and Prohibition Directed to a Judge or Lower Tribunal. When a petition for a writ of mandamus or prohibition seeks a writ directed to a judge or lower tribunal, the following procedures apply:

(1) Caption. The name of the judge or lower tribunal shall be omitted from the caption. The caption shall bear the name of the petitioner and other parties to the proceeding in the lower tribunal who are not petitioners shall be named in the caption efas respondents.
(2)-(3) [No change]
(f)-(Z) [No change]
Committee Notes
[No change]
Court Commentary
[No change]

RULE 9.110. APPEAL PROCEEDINGS TO REVIEW FINAL ORDERS OF LOWER TRIBUNALS AND ORDERS GRANTING NEW TRIAL IN JURY AND NON-JURY CASES

(a) Applicability. This rule applies to those proceedings that

[241]*241(1) [No change]
(2)seek-review ■■of-orders entered in probate and guardianship matters that fínally-determine-a' right or obligation of an interested person as defined-in-the Florida Probate Code;
(3)(2) seek review of administrative action described in rules 9.030(b)(1)(C) and (c)(1)(C); and
(4)(3) seek review of orders granting a new trial in jury and non-jury civil and criminal cases described in rules 9.130(a)(4) and 9.140(c)(1)(C).
(b)-(n) [No change]
Committee Notes
[No change]
Court Commentary
[No change]

RULE 9.120. DISCRETIONARY PROCEEDINGS TO REVIEW DECISIONS OF DISTRICT COURTS OF APPEAL.

(b) Commencement. The jurisdiction of the supreme court described in rule 9.030(a)(2)(A) shall be invoked by filing 2 copies of a notice, accompanied by theany filing fees prescribed by law, with the clerk of the district court of appeal within 30 days of rendition of the order to be reviewed.

(c)-(f) [No change]

Committee Notes

[No change]

RULE 9.125. REVIEW OF TRIAL COURT ORDERS AND JUDGMENTS CERTIFIED BY THE DISTRICT COURTS OF APPEAL AS REQUIRING IMMEDIATE RESOLUTION BY THE SUPREME COURT

(a)-(f) [No change]

(g) Procedure When Supreme Court Accepts Jurisdiction. The jurisdiction of the supreme court attaches on rendition of the order accepting jurisdiction. If the supreme court accepts jurisdiction, it shall so order and advise the parties, the clerk of the district court, and the clerk of the lower tribunal. The clerk of the district court in possession of the record shall transfer the record in the case to the supreme court within 10 days thereafter.

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