No. 25-72

James Randall Moehle v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2025-07-21
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response WaivedRelisted (3) Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-mandate criminal-procedure felony-trial jury-composition sixth-amendment williams-precedent
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09 (distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether this Court should revaluate its decision in Williams v. Florida and hold that twelve-person juries are constitutionally mandated in criminal felony cases

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

No question identified. : i A. QUESTION PR ESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether this Court should reeval uate its decision in Williams v. Florida , 399 U.S. 78 (1970), and hold that twelve-person juries are consti tutionally mandated in criminal felony cases – or at least in cases that involve a potential puni shment of life impri sonment. ii B. PAR TIES INVOLVED AND RELATED CASES 1. Parties In volved The parties involved are identi fied in the style of the case. 2. R elated Cases a. State of Florida v. James Randall Moehle , case no. 2021-CF4832, Florida First Judicial Circuit Court, Escambi a County. Judgment entered on April 20, 2023. b. James Randall Moehle v. State of Florida , case no. 1D2023-1112, Florida First District Court of Appeal . Opinion entered on February 3, 2025, reheari ng deni ed on March 12, 2025. iii C.

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Rehearing DENIED.
2025-12-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-11-13
Rescheduled.
2025-11-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
2025-10-31
Petition of James Randall Moehle for rehearing submitted.
2025-10-31
2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-08-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-08-19
Waiver of State of Florida of right to respond submitted.
2025-08-19
Waiver of right of respondent State of Florida to respond filed.
2025-08-19
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2025-07-10
2025-05-16
Application (24A1101) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until July 10, 2025.
2025-05-13
Application (24A1101) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 10, 2025 to July 10, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

James Randall Moehle
Michael Robert UffermanMichael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A., Petitioner
State of Florida
Trisha Meggs PateOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent