September 29, 2026
Florida has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to keep intact a decades-old precedent that lets states use juries of fewer than 12 people in serious criminal cases, arguing that overruling the case would throw into question an overwhelming number of convictions in seven states.
August 14, 2026
Former judges, ex-prosecutors, criminal defense attorneys, civil rights groups, Catholic bishops, university professors and others are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to find that the Constitution requires 12-person juries to decide trials for serious crimes, taking aim at Florida's practice of seating six-person juries for most criminal trials.
July 08, 2026
New lawsuits over ChatGPT's role in a mass shooting on a Florida campus and a U.S. Supreme Court case that could upend most criminal trials in Florida are some of the litigation that the state's attorneys will be watching in the second half of 2026. Here, Law360 takes a look.
June 15, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday and a request to waive fees for an appeal asking whether a Florida chiropractor convicted by a six-member jury of felonies for practicing with a suspended license should have had a 12-person jury under the Sixth and 14th amendments.