This week's Florida District Court of Appeal decisions, covered case by case: two counts of resisting arrest out of one continuous act at a high school, a juvenile sentence review clock set ten years late and fixed because the prisoner did the math himself, a juvenile sentence over the statutory cap, two suppression losses on the totality of the circumstances, a belated appeal granted, and two men told where the courthouse door closes. Plus a deep dive: how Florida counts crimes, and why Blockburger is two tests rather than one.

PRACTICE AREAS THIS WEEK: all criminal, for the second week running. Injury lawyers, the deep dive on double jeopardy still travels.

CHAPTERS
0:00 The counting week
0:58 K.B.: two counts of resisting from one continuous act
3:28 Wriden: the juvenile review clock, set ten years late
5:19 D.O.: a juvenile sentence over the statutory cap
5:48 Ptomy and Q.C.: two suppression losses on the totality
7:25 Pope: a belated appeal, granted
8:03 St. Fabre: the right rule, the wrong vehicle
10:01 Tisdol and Jackson: where collateral attack ends
11:14 Deep dive: how Florida counts crimes
18:59 The week in one line

Cases covered:
K.B., a Child v. State, 5D2025-1370 (Fla. 5th DCA Aug. 21, 2026)
Wriden v. State, 6D2024-2549 (Fla. 6th DCA Aug. 21, 2026)
D.O., a Child v. State, 5D2025-0775 (Fla. 5th DCA Aug. 21, 2026)
Ptomy v. State, 1D2025-1029 (Fla. 1st DCA Aug. 19, 2026)
Q.C., a Child v. State, 3D2025-1145 (Fla. 3d DCA Aug. 20, 2026)
Pope v. State, 5D2026-2164 (Fla. 5th DCA Aug. 21, 2026)
St. Fabre v. State, 1D2025-3163 (Fla. 1st DCA Aug. 19, 2026)
Tisdol v. State, 3D2026-0695 (Fla. 3d DCA Aug. 20, 2026)
Jackson v. State, 5D2026-1318 (Fla. 5th DCA Aug. 21, 2026)

Discussed in the deep dive: section 775.021(4), Florida Statutes; Trappman v. State (Fla. 2024); Gil v. State, 118 So. 3d 787 (Fla. 2013).

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