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David Kelsey Sparre v. Florida
IFP petition · Supreme Court of Florida, No. SC2024-1512 · judgment December 4, 2025
Certiorari denied · June 29, 2026
Questions presented
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Whether the state court violated the Eighth Amendment’s evolving standards of decency when it refused to consider a study that demonstrated that Duval County’s death qualification procedures and the prosecution’s use of peremptory challenges disproportionally excluded nonwhite jurors from his jury.
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Whether the state court violated Petitioner’s Fourteenth Amendment’s right to due process in denying him an opportunity to be heard on his Eighth Amendment postconviction claim.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Karin Lee Moore
Capital Collateral Regional Counsel - North
For respondent
Scott Andrew Browne
Office of the Attorney General
Proceedings
- Jun 29 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jun 10 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2026.
- Jun 08 2026Reply of David Sparre not accepted for filing. (June 11, 2026 - brief is over the page limit. To be corrected)
- Jun 08 2026Reply of petitioner David Kelsey Sparre filed. (Distributed)
- May 26 2026Brief of respondent Florida in opposition filed.
- Apr 27 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 1, 2026)
- Apr 24 2026Application (25A1172) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until May 27, 2026.
- Apr 10 2026Application (25A1172) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 27, 2026 to June 11, 2026, submitted to Justice Thomas.