YEARY v. CHIEF JUDGE OF SECOND JUDICIAL

No. 1D21-2583.

354 So.3d 581 (2022)

Jessica J. YEARY, in her official capacity as Public Defender for the Second Judicial Circuit, Petitioner, v. CHIEF JUDGE OF the SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied January 11, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Knowles , Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.

Howard L. Dimmig, II , Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, for Amicus Curiae The Florida Public Defender Association, Inc.

Benjamin Eisenberg , Assistant Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, for Amicus Curiae The Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Trisha Meggs Pate , Bureau Chief, and William H. Stafford III , Special Counsel, Tallahassee, for Respondent.


The Office of the Public Defender for the Second Judicial Circuit filed a petition for writ of certiorari seeking an opinion that quashes Administrative Order 2021-06, which was entered by the Chief Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit. Administrative Order 2021-06 authorizes a pre-bond mental health screening assessment. This Court...

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