Right to a 12-person jury
Robinson v. Florida
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Eric Robinson asks the Supreme Court to decide whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments entitled him to a 12-person jury at his Florida criminal trial; Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal upheld his conviction and sentence.
- What's at stake
- The Court has not yet agreed to review Robinson’s claim that he was entitled to a 12-person jury.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
His petition was distributed for a conference, which is not a decision to hear the case.
Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal upheld Robinson’s conviction and sentence.
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 Nov. 6, 2026, conference, where the Court must decide whether to hear it. That conference does not guarantee an order date; no oral argument or decision date is set.
Documents
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Sources
Primary materials from the Court and the parties. Grounded in docket records and cited sources. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.