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Rodney Thomas Ternovsky v. Florida
Paid petition · District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District, No. 5D23-0091 · judgment November 28, 2023
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether the Petitioner’s Fourteenth Amendment due process right to a fair trial was violated when the trial court allowed the State to inform the jury that thumb drives found during the search of the Petitioner’s residence contained videos of the Petitioner and his adult girlfriend engaging in consensual sex – evidence that was (1) irrelevant and immaterial (i.e., evidence that had no probative value to any contested issue at trial) and (2) extremely inflammatory and prejudicial.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Michael Robert Ufferman
Michael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A.
For respondent
Trisha Meggs Pate
Office of the Attorney General
Proceedings
- Jun 03 2024Petition DENIED.
- May 14 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2024.
- May 07 2024Waiver of right of respondent State of Florida to respond filed.
- Apr 26 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 3, 2024)
- Mar 08 2024Application (23A714) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until April 26, 2024.
- Feb 28 2024Application (23A714) to extend further the time from March 27, 2024 to April 26, 2024, submitted to Justice Thomas.
- Feb 01 2024Application (23A714) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until March 27, 2024.
- Jan 30 2024Application (23A714) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 26, 2024 to March 27, 2024, submitted to Justice Thomas.