Alejandro Ferrer v. Florida

Whether the Florida Legislature’s removal of the jury from the fact finding process that authorized a judge to determine if it was necessary to protect the public by imposing an enhanced sentence above the Statutory maximum as a Habitual Felony Offender in violation of the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause, the Sixth Amendment's notice and jury trial guarantees and the Fourteenth Amendment as applied to the States? LIST OF PARTIES All parties appear in the caption of the case on the cover page. RELATED CASES This case follows the decisions by this Court in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 US 466 (2000); Blakely v. Washington, 542 US 296 (2004) and, Erlingerv. United States, 602 U.S. 821 (2024).