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Nelson Viera v. Florida
IFP petition · District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District, No. 3D2025-0550 · judgment August 27, 2025
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 Apprendf!
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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
Nelson Viera
For respondent
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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, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 05 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jul 02 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Nov 24 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 18, 2026)