How do judges of the Florida District Courts of Appeal reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.

Florida District Courts of Appeal / Joined 1998 / Served to 2010

Robert L. Doyel

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Robert L. Doyel was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, who joined the court in 1998. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1998–2010 · 12 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1998	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Doyel authored 3 published opinions for the court (1998). Most cited: Miller v. State (15 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1998	Miller v. State	712 So. 2d 451	15
1998	Cornett v. Cornett	713 So. 2d 1083	8
1998	Capital One Financial Corp. v. Miller	709 So. 2d 639	7

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Questions & answers

How do judges of the Florida District Courts of Appeal reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court was Robert L. Doyel on?: Robert L. Doyel was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

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12 years on the Florida District Courts of Appeal. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).