Judge Susan W. Roberts

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  www.dailybarnews.com/entry/Nominees-nnounced-for-10TH-J - [Cached Version]
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  Charlie Crist, the 10th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission met on March 24, 2008, and named additional nominees for the two circuit judge positions made vacant by the retirements of Judges Ralph Artigliere and Susan Roberts.

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  : Judge Susan Roberts has admitted to putting the wheels in motion for retiring.
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  Judge Roberts and the Serrano Case: Still Frustrating.
  
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  Published on: 9/6/2007    Last Visited: 9/6/2007  

  In June, Circuit Judge Susan Roberts imposed four death sentences.

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  : Judge Susan Roberts has admitted to putting the wheels in motion for retiring.
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  Judge Roberts and the Serrano Case: Still Frustrating.
  
  lilmissveevee wrote 1 year ago: There's another update in the Nelson Serrano case.As everyone knows, he was found guilty by a , more »
  
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  Published on: 3/30/2007    Last Visited: 3/31/2007  

  LAKELAND - A ruling by Polk County Circuit Judge Susan Roberts, which would have prevented a witness from testifying in the trial of a retired Avon Park police officer charged with killing his wife, has been thrown out by the 2nd District Court of Appeal.

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  www.citrus-ridge.com/article/20070627/NEWS/706270465/40 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/6/2007    Last Visited: 7/7/2007  

  Nelson Ivan Serrano is escorted from a Bartow courtroom Tuesday after Circuit Judge Susan Roberts imposed four sentences of death.
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  BARTOW - It took Polk Circuit Judge Susan Roberts only 47 seconds Tuesday to sentence convicted mass murderer Nelson Ivan Serrano to death for shooting four people.
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  When it came down to the sentencing, Roberts wasted no time.The entire hearing lasted less than 10 minutes.
  
  "The court has decided to impose four sentences of death, one for each of the victims," Roberts said.
  
  Serrano, 68, stood motionless as Roberts read her decision.
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  In her order, Roberts said evidence supporting the death penalty, coupled with the jury's recommendation for a death sentence, outweighed the character testimony presented by the defense lawyers.
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  The jury agreed with the state, voting 9-3 last October to recommend that Roberts impose the death penalty.
  
  In his defense, Serrano's lawyers maintained that their client had a clean criminal record until this incident and that he was considered older, at 59, when the crimes took place.They also presented more than 20 character witnesses, including family members, who testified that he was a caring, generous family man who often helped his friends when they needed money or time.He also had behaved well while in jail, they said.
  
  In the end, Roberts ruled that it wasn't enough to outweigh the state's arguments and the jury's recommendation for the death penalty.
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  Roberts suggested that prosecutors reconsider seeking the death penalty against Ballard, given his age.
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  On July 2, Roberts will cycle to the family division during a routine reassignment of judges in the circuit.
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  Maria Jacoby hugs her former father-in-law Phil Dosso in a Bartow courtroom Tuesday after Judge Susan Roberts imposed four death sentences on Nelson Ivan Serrano in the worst mass murder in Polk County history.
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  In her order, Roberts stepped through the key elements in the case that implicated Serrano.
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  She (Judge Roberts) did the right thing.

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  Maria Jacoby, right, hugs Phil Dosso, her former father-in-law, after Circuit Judge Susan Roberts sentenced Nelson Serrano to four death sentences.
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  Polk Circuit Judge Susan Roberts today sentenced mass murderer Nelson Serrano to death for the murders of four people in 1997.
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  Roberts sentenced him to death for each of the murders, and left without saying the customary "May God have mercy on your soul."
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  Circuit Judge Susan Roberts reads her order sentencing Nelson Serrano to four death sentences, one for each victim .

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  www.citrus-ridge.com/article/20070625/NEWS/706250383/40 - [Cached Version]
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  After a 12-member jury found Nelson Ivan Serrano guilty in October of four counts of first-degree murder, Polk Circuit Judge Susan Roberts has only two options: life imprisonment or the death penalty.
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  Defense lawyers also argued that Roberts should consider Serrano's age.

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  www.citrus-ridge.com/article/20070315/BREAKING/70315009 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/6/2007    Last Visited: 7/7/2007  

  Polk County Circuit Judge Susan Roberts heard three motions on the Nelson Serrano murder trial this morning, although she said that she wasn't going to rule on any of them today.
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  Therefore Roberts should declare that her court had no jurisdiction over him and should order Serrano be returned to Ecuador.
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  Assistant State Attorney John Aguero argued that Roberts had already ruled on those matters during the trial when the defense entered motions to dismiss.
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  Aguero said that no new evidence has been introduced to the court, so Roberts should not revisit her previous rulings on the matter.

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  Published on: 3/6/2007    Last Visited: 3/6/2007  

  BARTOW - Circuit Judge Susan Roberts won't get kicked off all first-degree murder cases in the 10th Judicial Circuit.
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  The public defender's office had backed Roberts, accusing Hill's office of "judge shopping."
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  The state argues that it would be improper for Roberts to oversee trials that involve the two detectives.
  
  In the order denying the broader disqualification, the appeals court ordered defense lawyers in those seven cases to provide arguments as to why Roberts should not be disqualified.
  
  Those are due Friday, making it unlikely a decision will be released until next week, at the earliest.
  
  The state has accused Roberts of ruling contrary to law because of an inordinate fear of appellate reversal, mistreating the families of crime victims, and a general bias against the death penalty.

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