Right to a 12-person jury
Davila v. Florida
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Jesus Davila’s filing asks whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments required a 12-person jury in his Florida case, which was reviewed by Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal.
- What's at stake
- Davila's claim remains unresolved; the Supreme Court has not agreed to review it.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal left Davila's judgment and sentence in place.
Question presented
Whether Petitioner was deprived of his right, under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, to a trial by a 12-person jury?
What happens next
The petition was distributed for the Court's Oct. 9, 2026 conference, where the next question is whether to hear it; that date does not guarantee an order, and no oral argument is scheduled.
Documents
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Sources
Primary materials plus reporting. Best-effort analysis: this explainer relies on a mix of primary materials and trusted secondary sources. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.