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 1958 / Served to 1966

Roger Barker

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Roger Barker was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, who joined the court in 1958. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1958–1966 · 8 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1958	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Barker authored 7 published opinions for the court (1958–1966). Most cited: In Re Coleman's Estate (16 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. 4 of these were attributed to Barker by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1958	In Re Coleman's Estate	103 So. 2d 237	16
1958	Edwards v. Donaldson	103 So. 2d 256	13
1960	Gulf Stream Park Racing Association, Inc. v. Miller	119 So. 2d 749	6
1958	City of Boca Raton v. Sharp†	107 So. 2d 271	5
1966	Fretwell v. Crisafulli†	185 So. 2d 504	3
1958	Fearing v. De Lugar Neuvo†	106 So. 2d 873	3
1958	Christopher v. Oliver†	103 So. 2d 240	1

Showing the 7 most-cited of 7 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

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 Roger Barker on?: Roger Barker was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

Sources

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8 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).