No. 24-5284

Roy E. Terrell v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2024-08-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure due-process jury-composition sixth-amendment statutory-amendment trial-rights
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether, contrary to the Due Process Clause, the trial court erred in instructing the jury on the elements of the charged crimes as defined by a statute amended after the dates of the alleged crimes?

2. Whether Petitioner was derived of his right, under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, to a trial by a 12-person jury when the defendant is charged with a serious felony?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the trial court erred in instructing the jury on elements of crimes defined by a post-offense statute amendment and whether the defendant was deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to a 12-person jury for a serious felony

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-09-12
Notice regarding order in lower court of Roy Terrell submitted.
2024-08-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-08-15
Waiver of Florida of right to respond submitted.
2024-08-15
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2024-08-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 9, 2024)

Attorneys

Florida
Celia A. Terenzio — Respondent
Roy Terrell
Gary Lee CaldwellOffice of Public Defender, Petitioner