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Christina Paylan v. Florida
Paid petition · District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District, No. 2D2025-0467 · judgment May 28, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.
Question presented
Does the State of Florida violate Petitioner’s Sixth Amendment Right to speedy trial applicable to the State through the Fourteenth Amendment, by commencing a prosecution following a nolle prosequi and refiling the same charges when the time to file criminal information had already elapsed by 12 days as per Florida’s speedy trial rule?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Christina Paylan
For respondent
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Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, January 12, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Jan 12 2026Petition DENIED.
- Dec 10 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
- Aug 26 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 24, 2025)