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Craig Alan Sandhaus v. Florida
IFP petition · District Court of Appeals of Florida, Sixth District, No. 6D2023-1476 · judgment February 11, 2025
Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025
Question presented
Whether the Petitioner’s Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when his trial attorneys failed to request a jury instruction on the justifiable use of non-deadly force, which was a defense supported by the evidence at trial, and which gave the Petitioner the best chance to prevail at trial.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
William R. Ponall
Ponall Law
For respondent
Rebecca Rock McGuigan
Office of Florida Attorney General
Proceedings
- Oct 06 2025Petition DENIED.
- Sep 04 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Sep 03 2025Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
- Jul 29 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 3, 2025)
- Jul 14 2025Application (25A56) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until July 29, 2025.
- Jun 30 2025Application (25A56) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 29, 2025 to July 29, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.