No. 25-7608October Term 2025Before Arguments
Docket 25-7608October Term 2025 (2025–2026)
Jacob Justice Stephen, Petitioner v. Florida
from the District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Case status
- Current stage
- Before Arguments
- Latest event
- Accepted by the Court
- Decision timing
- No window until argument is scheduled.
Case AcceptedUpcoming
Arguments AheadUpcoming
Decision ReleasedUpcoming
- What it's about
from the District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Question presented
Whether Petitioner was deprived of his right, under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, to a trial by a 12-person jury when the defendant is charged with a serious felony?
- Case path
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District / Accepted by the Court
- Area
Supreme Court case awaiting argument
Timing
Expected by late June 2026, if argued this term
The Court granted review but has not yet scheduled oral argument. Once argued, the median case reaches a decision in 94 days. Nearly all cases are decided by the end of the term in which they are argued.
The Court does not announce decision dates in advance.Argument and decision days
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Grounding
- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Sep 1, 2026
- Method
- Methodology