No. 25-6279
Steven Matthew Wolf v. Florida
IFP
Tags: capital-punishment death-penalty fourteenth-amendment juror-bias jury-selection sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment
DueProcess Punishment
Latest Conference:
2026-01-16
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether Mr. Wolf was deprived of a jury of his peers as guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments where the trial court removed a juror who preferred life over death but could follow the law and consider whether death was an appropriate penalty?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Mr. Wolf was deprived of a jury of his peers as guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments where the trial court removed a juror who preferred life over death but could follow the law and consider whether death was an appropriate penalty?
Docket Entries
2026-01-20
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
2025-12-15
Brief of Florida in opposition submitted.
2025-12-15
Brief of respondent Florida in opposition filed.
2025-11-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 2, 2026)
Attorneys
Florida
Scott Andrew Browne — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Steven Matthew Wolf
Shannon Mary Hemmendinger — Miami-Dade Public Defender's Office, Petitioner