RIVERS
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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This is a per curiam affirmance in a criminal appellate case involving Rivers as appellant and the State of Florida as appellee, with numerous amici curiae supporting the appellant's position on issues related to criminal justice and voting rights.
The lower court's decision is affirmed.
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[2] A per curiam opinion signifies a decision rendered by the court as a whole, rather than by a specific judge.
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FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA
No. 1D2023-1473
JOHN BOYD RIVERS, Appellant,
v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.
On appeal from the Circuit Court for Alachua County. James M. Colaw, Judge.
October 24, 2024
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED.
OSTERHAUS, C.J., and LEWIS and WINOKUR, JJ., concur. Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.
Jessica J. Yeary, Public Defender, and Justin F. Karpf, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Caroline A. McNamara and Daniel B. Tilley of ACLU Foundation of Florida, Inc., Miami; Nicholas L.V. Warren of ACLU Foundation of Florida, Inc., Jacksonville; Andrew Frackman, Danielle Feuer, and Harrison Meyer of O'Melveny & Myers LLP, pro hac vice, New York, NY; Patrick Jones, of O'Melveny & Myers LLP, pro hac vice, Washington, DC; for Amici Curiae Brennan Center for Justice, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU Foundation of Florida, Inc., and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., for Appellant.
David Gossett and Matthew R. Tuchman of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, pro hac vice, Washington, DC; MaryAnn Almeida of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, pro hac vice, Seattle, WA; Rachel R. Goldberg of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, pro hac vice, Los Angeles, CA, for Amici Curiae Due Process Institute and Former Florida State Senator Jeff Brandes, for Appellant.
Patrick O'Bryant of Messer Caparello, P.A., Tallahassee; Theresa J. Lee of Election Law Clinic, Harvard Law School, pro hac vice, Cambridge, MA, for Amicus Curiae Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School, for Appellant.
Glenn Burhans, Jr., of Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A., Tallahassee; Thomas Warren of The Law Offices of Thomas Warren, Tallahassee; Elizabeth M. Sacksteder, Jonathan H. Hurwitz, and Michael S. Dauber of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, pro hac vice, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, for Appellant.
Brian P. Miller of King & Spalding LLP, Miami; Laura Harris of King & Spalding LLP, pro hac vice, New York, NY; Paul Alessio Mezzina, David Mattern, and Zoe M. Beiner of King & Spalding LLP, pro hac vice, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Criminal Law Scholars, for Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and David Welch, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
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