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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
Questions presented
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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?
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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
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, October 14, 2025 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 14 2025Petition DENIED.
- Sep 18 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/10/2025.
- Sep 17 2025Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
- Aug 28 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 3, 2025)