DEPARTMENT OF STATE v. HOLLANDER

Nos. SC18-1366, SC18-1367.

256 So.3d 1300 (2018)

DEPARTMENT OF STATE, etc., et al., Appellants, v. Lee HOLLANDER, etc., et al., Appellees. Department of State, etc., et al., Appellants, v. Amy Knowles, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 25, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Karen A. Brodeen , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Amit Agarwal , Solicitor General, Edward M. Wenger , Chief Deputy Solicitor General, and Jordan E. Pratt , Deputy Solicitor General, Tallahassee, Florida, for Appellant Department of State and Secretary of State.

Barry Richard of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, for Appellant Marsy's Law for Florida, LLC.

Mark Herron and S. Denay Brown of Messer Caparello, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, for Appellees Lee Hollander, Patricia Brigham, and the League of Women Voters of Florida, Inc.

Harvey J. Sepler of Rimon, P.C., Coral Gables, Florida, for Appellee Amy Knowles.

Philip J. Padovano and Thomas J. Seider of Brannock & Humphries, on behalf of The Criminal Law Section of The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida, for Amicus Curiae The Criminal Law Section of The Florida Bar.

Justin F. Karpf and Barbara J. Busharis , Assistant Public Defenders, Second Judicial Circuit, on behalf of The Florida Public Defenders Association, Tallahassee, Florida; Michael Ufferman of Michael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A., on behalf of Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Tallahassee Florida; Seth Miller , on behalf of Innocence Project of Florida, Inc., Tallahassee, Florida; Nancy Abudu and Kara Gross , on behalf of American Civil Liberties Foundation of Florida, Miami, Florida, for Amici Curiae The Florida Public Defender Association, The Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, The Innocence Project of Florida, and the American Civil Liberties Foundation of Florida.


The Florida Department of State, Secretary of State Ken Detzner, and Marsy's Law of Florida, LLC appeal a judgment of the circuit court invalidating and enjoining the Constitutional Revision Commission's (CRC) Revision 1, designated as Amendment 6 and titled "Rights of Crime Victims; Judges," from placement on the ballot. The First District...

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