No. 25-6279

Steven Matthew Wolf v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2025-12-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: capital-punishment death-penalty fourteenth-amendment juror-bias jury-selection sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
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 BrowneOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Steven Matthew Wolf
Shannon Mary HemmendingerMiami-Dade Public Defender's Office, Petitioner