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Floyd Madison v. Florida

IFP petition · District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District, No. 4D2023-1368 · judgment March 6, 2025


Certiorari denied · October 14, 2025

Questions presented

  1. Whether, contrary to the Due Process and Jury Clauses, the trial court erred in imposing an enhanced sentence under a statute authorizing the enhancement based on nonjury fact-findings upon proof by a preponderance of the evidence?

  2. Whether Petitioner was derived of his right, under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, to a trial by a 12-person jury when the defendant is charged with a serious felony?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Paul Edward Petillo
Office of the Public Defender

For respondent
Celia A. Terenzio

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 14 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 18 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/10/2025.
  3. Sep 17 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
  4. Aug 28 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 3, 2025)