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Arturo Amaran v. Florida
IFP petition · Supreme Court of Florida, No. SC2025-1208 · judgment August 14, 2025
Certiorari denied · February 23, 2026
Questions presented
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Given the United States Supreme Court’s now long standing and clear 5th Amendment jurisprudence, do Florida Courts have authority to expand, or otherwise invent, an exception to the rule announced in Apprendil
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Consistent with the strict and secure separation of powers, do Florida Courts have the authority to add words to statutes that were not placed there by the Legislature? Can Florida Courts modify a statute express terms?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Arturo Amaran
For respondent
Marilyn Frances Muir
Office of the Attorney General, State of Florida
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Aug 17 2026Rehearing DENIED.
- Jul 23 2026DISTRIBUTED.
- Mar 09 2026Petition for Rehearing filed.
- Feb 23 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jan 15 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
- Jan 12 2026Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
- Sep 09 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 14, 2026)