Reams appeals conviction and restitution order

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc.  Attorney Chuck Collins last week filed a lengthy brief with the District Court of Appeal, First District of Florida (DCA), contesting the conviction, sentence and restitution order imposed on Kirk Reams, formerly the Jefferson County clerk of court. The 54-page brief, submitted to the DCA on Wednesday, April 30, argues that the lower court committed several errors during Reams’s trial, giving cause for the higher court to overturn the lower court’s ruling and render remedies to Reams. “Appellant Kirk Reams appeals the judgment and sentence rendered by the lower court on October 1, 2024,” states the brief in part, arguing that the lower