No. 25-5819

Max Fontes v. Arizona

Lower Court: Arizona
Docketed: 2025-10-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure jury-trial ramos-precedent sixth-amendment twelve-person-jury
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

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

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 felony

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-11-12
Rescheduled.
2025-11-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
2025-10-17
Waiver of right of respondent Arizona to respond filed.
2025-07-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 6, 2025)

Attorneys

Max Fontes
David Joseph EuchnerPima County Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
State of Arizona
Tanja K. KellyArizona Attorney General's Office, Respondent