No. 25-6288

Christopher John Derting v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2025-12-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing fifth-amendment habitual-offender-statute preponderance-of-evidence sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Securities
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Florida Statute 775.084 violates the Fifth and Sixth Amendments by allowing a judge to determine 'certain circumstances' under a preponderance of evidence standard instead of a jury determining these facts beyond a reasonable doubt

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-17
Waiver of right of respondent State of Florida to respond filed.
2025-11-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 5, 2026)

Attorneys

Christopher J. Derting
Christopher John Derting — Petitioner
Christopher John Derting — Petitioner
State of Florida
Trisha Meggs PateOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Trisha Meggs PateOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent