12-person jury trials
Traeger v. Florida
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Joseph Traeger asks the Supreme Court to decide whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments require a 12-person jury when someone is charged with a serious felony. His petition asks the Court to hold his case until it resolves Kian v.
- What's at stake
- Traeger's claim that he was entitled to a 12-person jury remains unresolved because the Supreme Court has not agreed to hear his case.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
Florida, which raises the same question.
Traeger asks the Supreme Court to hold his petition until it resolves Kian v. Florida, which raises the same jury-size question.
The case comes from Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal.
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?
What happens next
The petition was sent to the justices for their Nov. 13, 2026 conference. The Court must decide whether to hear it; the conference date does not guarantee an order that day.
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.