No. 25-6623

Hamed Kian v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2026-01-20
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure fourteenth-amendment jury-trial serious-felony sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

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 Petitioner was deprived of his right to a 12-person jury trial for a serious felony under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments

Docket Entries

2026-02-18
Response Requested. (Due March 20, 2026)
2026-01-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-26
Waiver of Florida of right to respond submitted.
2026-01-26
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2026-01-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 19, 2026)

Attorneys

Florida
Celia A. Terenzio — Respondent
Hamed Kian
Paul Edward PetilloOffice of the Public Defender, Petitioner