No. 24-5284

Roy E. Terrell v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2024-08-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure due-process jury-composition sixth-amendment statutory-amendment trial-rights
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the trial court erred in instructing the jury on elements of crimes defined by a post-offense statute amendment and whether the defendant was deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to a 12-person jury for a serious felony

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED 1. Whether, contrary to the Due Process Clause, the trial court erred in instructing the jury on the elements of the charged crimes as defined by a statute amended after the dates of the alleged crimes? 2. 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? i

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-09-12
Notice regarding order in lower court of Roy Terrell submitted.
2024-08-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-08-15
Waiver of Florida of right to respond submitted.
2024-08-15
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2024-08-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 9, 2024)

Attorneys

Florida
Celia A. Terenzio — Respondent
Roy Terrell
Gary Lee CaldwellOffice of Public Defender, Petitioner