Lynn Tepper
Lynn Tepper was a judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court in Florida. She was elected to this position in 1988 and took office in January 1989. She served until January 2019.[1][2][3][4]
Education
Tepper was born in Amityville, NY on August 7, 1952. She received her B.A. degree from Bard College in 1974 and her J.D. degree from the Stetson University College of Law in 1977.[1]
Career
Tepper began her career as a law clerk for Hon. Alexander Paskay, Chief Bankruptcy Judge of the Middle District of Florida. She then worked as a private practice lawyer for the law firm of Hudson & Port Richey from 1980 through 1984. She was elected to the Pasco County Court in 1984 and to the circuit court in 1988.[1][2]
2012 election
Tepper was unopposed and automatically re-elected to the circuit court following the primary election on August 14, 2012.[5]
- See also: Florida judicial elections, 2012
Noteworthy cases
Retired police officer goes to court for shooting man in movie theater
Judge Tepper presided over the first court appearance of Curtis Reeves, a retired Tampa police officer who was accused of shooting and killing Chad Oulson in a movie theater. The altercation, according to the sheriff's reports, started when Reeves had asked Oulson to stop texting in the theater. A detective's report stated that Reeves also informed management and, when he came back to his seat, spoke with Oulson again. Oulson then threw a bag of popcorn at Reeves. Reeves said that he was hit in the face by Oulson with an unknown object and "was in fear of being attacked." That's when he pulled out his .380 caliber gun and shot Oulson in the chest. Oulson's wife's hand was also wounded by the bullet.
In the initial hearing on January 14, 2014, Judge Tepper ordered no bond.[6][7] The case was sent to Judge Pat Siracusa the next month, and he also denied Reeves bail.[8]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lawdiary, "Biographies of State and County Court Judges in Florida," accessed May 24, 2014 Scroll to p.106
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Florida Sixth Judicial Circuit, "Circuit Judge Lynn Tepper Honored For Promotion of Community Justice," July 31, 2008
- ↑ Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections, "Judge of the Circuit Court Group 4"
- ↑ Judicial selection in Florida
- ↑ Florida Division of Elections, "2012 Candidate Listing"
- ↑ Miami Herald, "More details emerge in fatal Tampa-area movie theater shooting," January 14, 2014
- ↑ Miami Herald, "Texting argument in Tampa-area movie theater leaves 1 dead, 1 wounded," January 13, 2014
- ↑ Tampa Bay Times, "State responds to Curtis Reeves' appeal of bail denial," May 13, 2014
