Judges in the Eighth Judicial Circuit got generally favorable ratings from attorneys in the 2021 survey by the circuit Bar Association.
The annual evaluation is intended to help inform the public about judges by providing perspective from attorneys who practice before them.
“We don’t analyze. We compile the data we receive and give it to the chief judge of the circuit and to the federal court district,” Bar President Philip Kabler said. “It’s a public service. We are public stewards and this has been going on for a long time.”
Circuit and county judges are elected, though some may first earn a seat through appointment by the governor to fill a vacancy. The Eighth Circuit is comprised of Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Levy and Union counties.
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Man Arrested In 2019 Krispy Kreme Stabbing Found Not Guilty
By Thomas Holton
February 15, 2021
As the state finished its closing statement a 30-minute PowerPoint presentation detailing why he should be found guilty Julius Irving sat with his eyes closed as his attorney fiddled with the projector in silence, setting up a rebuttal of his own.
The moment had built for almost two years. Irving, 34, was arrested on March 27, 2019, for stabbing a man while working at the Gainesville Krispy Kreme, 306 NW 13th St.
On Thursday, a jury found him not guilty of attempted first-degree murder.
Gardner Kent Fraser to one year in jail for the shooting death of 31-year-old
Dominic ‘DJ’ Broadus in 2018. The sentence isn’t for murder, however, it’s for tampering with evidence.
After fatally shooting Dominic, Fraser, the son of a former Sheriff Deputy, removed his phone from the scene. Investigators never recovered the phone, but they did find 115 phone calls and 35 text messages between the men. Dominic’s father claims Fraser killed his son to hide their sexual relationship.
“In an effort to try and keep his secret, he fatally shot my son in the back of the head twice and tried to destroy any evidence of their relationship by deleting all text from his phone and destroying/hiding my son’s phone, then calling three people before reporting the shooting to the proper authorities,” DJ’s father,