For Florida criminal defense attorneys
Appellate and postconviction drafting, ready for your review.
Justice Insight drafts Rule 3.850 and 3.800 motions, DCA briefs, rehearing and en banc motions, and extraordinary writs for attorneys who would rather not staff them in-house. You review it, sign it, and file it.
You send
The record, the order, and your deadline.
You receive
- A written review of what the record supports
- A filing-ready draft, with exhibits and appendix
- Revisions as you direct them
You sign and file.
Built for the matters that consume the calendar.
The multi-volume record. The procedural history that spans a decade of motions and appeals. The sentencing issue buried in the transcripts. The appeal that comes due while trial preparation takes the week. Justice Insight is built for assignments that require sustained reading, procedural reconstruction, and careful writing, not document assembly.
Large records
Organize the record, build the chronology, identify preservation problems, and tie every factual assertion to the exact page.
Long procedural histories
Reconstruct prior motions, orders, appeals, mandates, and resentencings, and the procedural bars they create, before deciding what is viable now.
Deadline pressure
Careful, attorney-ready work when the assignment is substantial and hearings, trials, and other clients are competing for your time.
Services
The work most practices would rather not staff in-house.
Florida postconviction and appellate practice, from the first look at the record to the reply brief.
Record review & issue assessment
A written memo on what the record supports, what was preserved, and what is worth filing.
Postconviction motions
Rule 3.850 and 3.800(a) motions built from the record, with exhibits and oath.
DCA briefing
Initial and reply briefs in all six District Courts of Appeal, including large-record direct appeals.
Rehearing & en banc
Motions for rehearing, rehearing en banc, clarification, and written opinion.
Extraordinary writs
Petitions for belated appeal, mandamus, and habeas corpus, with appendices.
Evidentiary hearing preparation
Hearing memoranda, witness lists, subpoenas, and resentencing and mitigation packages.
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How it works
You stay in charge of the case. Every step of the way.
Step 1
Send the matter
The record, the order or opinion, and the deadline. Conflict check before anything else.
Step 2
Review and quote
A flat fee quoted after the record is reviewed, so the budget is set before the work begins.
Step 3
Drafting
Attorney-directed from start to finish. You set the strategy; the draft follows it.
Step 4
Your review
You review, revise, and sign. Justice Insight never appears as counsel or signs a pleading.
Attorneys only·Confidential·Conflict-checked·One-business-day response
About
Jabe Carney
Founder · Legal Research & Writing Analyst
Nearly fifteen years as a certified inmate law clerk in the Florida Department of Corrections law library program, drafting postconviction motions and appellate briefs for pro se litigants. Since December 2024, drafting full-time for criminal defense attorneys. The attorney keeps control of the case and receives a draft ready for serious review.
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Representative work
Howard v. State
322 So. 3d 134 (Fla. 2d DCA 2021) (en banc)
A trial court lacked authority to rescind a final order granting resentencing. The Second District, sitting en banc, receded from its own precedent in Marshall II.
All of the appellant's pro se filings researched and drafted by Jabe Carney as a certified inmate law clerk, and filed by Howard in his own name.
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Have a matter with a deadline?
Send the record and the deadline. You'll hear back within one business day.