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Steven Matthew Wolf v. Florida
IFP petition · Supreme Court of Florida, No. SC2023-1077 · judgment July 10, 2025
Certiorari denied · January 20, 2026
Question presented
Whether Mr. Wolf was deprived of a jury of his peers as guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments where the trial court removed a juror who preferred life over death but could follow the law and consider whether death was an appropriate penalty?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Shannon Mary Hemmendinger
Miami-Dade Public Defender's Office
For respondent
Scott Andrew Browne
Office of the Attorney General
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 20, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Jan 20 2026Petition DENIED.
- Dec 31 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
- Dec 15 2025Brief of respondent Florida in opposition filed.
- Nov 18 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 2, 2026)