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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
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
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)