No. 25-5264
Craig Alan Sandhaus v. Florida
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance jury-instruction nondeadly-force sixth-amendment trial-counsel
Latest Conference:
2025-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the Petitioner's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when his trial attorneys failed to request a jury instruction on the justifiable use of non-deadly force, which was a defense supported by the evidence at trial, and which gave the Petitioner the best chance to prevail at trial.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Petitioner's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when his trial attorneys failed to request a jury instruction on the justifiable use of nondeadly force
Docket Entries
2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-09-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-09-03
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2025-07-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 3, 2025)
2025-07-14
Application (25A56) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until July 29, 2025.
2025-06-30
Application (25A56) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 29, 2025 to July 29, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Attorneys
Craig Sandhaus
William R. Ponall — Ponall Law, Petitioner
Florida
Rebecca Rock McGuigan — Office of Florida Attorney General, Respondent