No. 23-7124

Naftali Dominguez Zenon v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2024-04-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-composition jury-trial life-felony life-without-parole sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2024-06-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

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

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a twelve-person jury when the defendant is charged with a life felony? IIl.. Whether a mandatory life without parole sentence for a nonhomicide offense violates the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution? i

Docket Entries

2024-06-24
Petition DENIED.
2024-06-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2024.
2024-05-31
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2024-04-26
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 3, 2024.
2024-04-25
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 2, 2024 to June 3, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-03-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 2, 2024)

Attorneys

Florida
Henry Charles WhitakerFlorida Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Henry Charles WhitakerFlorida Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Naftali Dominguez Zenon
Benjamin Hunter EisenbergOffice of the Public Defender, 15th , Petitioner
Benjamin Hunter EisenbergOffice of the Public Defender, 15th , Petitioner