In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure - 2017 — Lewis, J., concurring in part and dissenting…

Summary

Justice Lewis concurs in the adoption of most proposed amendments to the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure but dissents from the amendment concerning joinder on appeal, concluding that the existing rule does not need revision and that the amendment would create confusion. The supplied text does not show a controlling disposition because it is a separate opinion and the opinion's tail is truncated. Justice Pariente, concurring in part and dissenting in part, separately would have required three-judge panels for circuit-court appellate proceedings rather than deferring that issue for further study.