JOHN LEWIS LEGGS, JR., APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (12 total)

• Corbblin Bush v. State, 945 So. 2d 1207 (Fla. 2006)
  …Fresh Water Fish Comm’n, 354 So. 2d 362, 363-64 (Fla.1977) (citations omitted). “Absent waiver or application of an identified exception, the home venue privilege appears to be an absolute right.” Jacksonville Elec. Auth. v. Clay County Util. Auth., 802 So. 2d 1190, 1192 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002); see also Fla. Dept, of Children & Families v. Sun-Sentinel, Inc., 865 So. 2d 1278 (Fla.2004). The Department, which is the “defendant” in sentence-reducing credit cases, is headquartered, or “resides,” in Leon County for…
• Stovall v. Sergeant William Cooper, 860 So. 2d 5 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003)
  …subdivision maintains its principal headquarters.” Carlile, 354 So. 2d at 363. “Absent waiver or application of an identified exception, the home venue privilege appears to be an absolute right.” Jacksonville Elec. Auth. v. Clay County Util. Auth., 802 So. 2d 1190, [*8] 1192 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002).2 Thus, the impact of this court’s prior line of cases holding that a petition for a writ of mandamus should be filed in the county where the prisoner is housed is to effectively override both the common law home venu…
• Fla. Dep't OF Child. & Families v. Sun-Sentinel, Inc., 865 So. 2d 1278 (Fla. 2004)
  …e of the policies that motivated the adoption of the home [venue] privilege are present in this case.” Id. at 792. The district court’s decision expressly and directly conflicts with Jacksonville Electric Authority v. Clay County Utility Authority, 802 So. 2d 1190 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002), which held that trial courts are bound to apply the home venue privilege unless one of the three recognized exceptions is satisfied, regardless of whether application of the privilege in the particular case is supported by the p…

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Authorities Cited

• Lett v. State, 805 So. 2d 950 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001)