No. 21-7084

Dwight David Jordan v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2022-02-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-instructions legal-precedent lesser-included-offense principal-liability waiver
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2022-04-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the court can depart from clearly established law on case by case basis?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED | GROUND 1) Whether the court can depart from clearly established law on case by case basis? State v. Gray, 435 So. 2d 816, 818 (Fla. 1983) is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court which says indictment or information that wholly omits to allege one or more of the essential element of a crime” can not support a conviction of that c rim. It also says this is a defect that canbe raised at “anytime” before trial, after trial, on appeal, or by habeas corpus this Supreme Court case is in conflict with the trial court and DCA rulings. GROUND 2) Does the State of Florida practice of allowing a jury to be instructed that a criminal defendant may be found guilty as a principal where that defendant has not been charged pursuant to Florida _—Stat. 777.011 violates the U.S. Const. Amend. Which requires that a criminal defendant be informed of the charges against him? GROUND 3) Can counsel waive defendant constitutional rights 6" Amendment to be informed of the nature of cause of the accusation against him where defendant never knowing, voluntarily, and __ intelligently waive his right? | GROUND 4) Can the trial court instruct the jury on two combined primary | offenses? 1) Robbery with a deadly weapon or 2) robbery with a firearm, where robbery with a deadly weapon is not a lesserincluded offense of robbery with a firearm. See Davis v. State, 235 | So. 3d 320. | | | | | | | | | | | | ll ,

Docket Entries

2022-04-04
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022.
2022-03-11
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2021-12-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 11, 2022)

Attorneys

Dwight Jordan
Dwight David Jordan — Petitioner
Florida
Rebecca Rock McGuiganOffice of Florida Attorney General, Respondent