No. 23-5579

Fitzroy C. Morton v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2023-09-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (18)IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process felony felony-proceedings fourteenth-amendment jury-composition jury-trial sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2024-05-23 (distributed 18 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when the defendant is charged with a felony?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when the defendant is charged with a felony? i

Docket Entries

2024-05-28
Petition DENIED. Justice Gorsuch, dissenting from the denial of certiorari: I dissent for the reasons set out in <i>Cunningham</i> v. <i>Florida</i>, 602 U. S. ___ (2024) (Gorsuch, J., dissenting).
2024-05-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/23/2024.
2024-05-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2024.
2024-05-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2024.
2024-04-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2024.
2024-04-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/19/2024.
2024-04-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
2024-03-26
Rescheduled.
2024-03-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/28/2024.
2024-03-19
Rescheduled.
2024-03-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2024.
2024-03-13
Rescheduled.
2024-03-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2024.
2024-02-27
Rescheduled.
2024-02-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2024.
2024-02-20
Rescheduled.
2024-02-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/23/2024.
2024-02-14
Rescheduled.
2024-02-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2024-01-17
Rescheduled.
2024-01-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/19/2024.
2024-01-10
Rescheduled.
2024-01-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2024.
2024-01-02
Rescheduled.
2024-01-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
2023-12-05
Rescheduled.
2023-12-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
2023-11-28
Rescheduled.
2023-11-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2023.
2023-11-07
Reply of petitioner Fitzroy Morton filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word CountMain DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
2023-10-25
Brief of respondent Florida in opposition filed.
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word CountMain DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
2023-09-28
Response Requested. (Due October 30, 2023)
2023-09-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
2023-09-20
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
Main DocumentMain Document
2023-09-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 16, 2023)
Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisPetitionAppendixProof of ServiceMotion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisPetitionAppendix

Attorneys

Fitzroy Morton
Benjamin Hunter Eisenberg — Office of the Public Defender, 15th Circuit, Petitioner
Benjamin Hunter Eisenberg — Office of the Public Defender, 15th Circuit, Petitioner
Florida
Henry Charles Whitaker — Florida Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Henry Charles Whitaker — Florida Office of the Attorney General, Respondent