Kian v. Florida Moot Court

Description

Kian v. Florida asks whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee a defendant charged with a serious felony the right to be tried by a twelve-person jury, rather than a six-person jury. The case requires the Court to consider the continuing validity of Williams v. Florida (1970), which held that the federal Constitution does not require twelve–member juries instate criminal trials.

Materials for Panel

Academic Perspectives

What is a Jury? -Wanling Su and Rahul Goravara, North Carolina Law Review
Jury Size and the Hung-Jury Paradox - Barbara Luppi and Francesco Parisi, The Journal of Legal Studies
Better by the Dozen: Bringing Back the Twelve-Person Civil Jury - Steven S. Gensler, Patrick Higginbotham, and Lee Rosenthal, Judicature
The Impact of Jury Race in Criminal Trials - Shamena Anwar, Patrick Bayer, and Randi Hjalmarsson, The Quarterly Journal of Economics
Accuracy of Verdicts under Different Jury Sizes and Voting Rules - Alice Guerra, Barbara Luppi, and Francesco Parisi, Supreme Court Economic Review
Jury Size and the Free Rider Problem - Kaushik Mukhopadhaya, The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization

News Articles

12 angry men – or six? - Anastasia Boden, SCOTUSblog
The Founders Revered the Right to Trial by Jury. Will SCOTUS Now Follow Their Example? - Damon Root, Reason
Supreme Court could end 6-person juries. For Florida, it would be a seismic shift - Dan Sullivan, Tampa Bay Times
The Supreme Court Might Fix Something for Once - Matt Ford, The New Republic:
Does a Jury Require 12 People? The Supreme Court Has Chance to Correct the Record - Wanling Su, Time Magazine:

Case Documents

SCOTUSblog Link
Petitioner: Brief
Respondent: Brief in Opposition

Amicus Brief

Akhil Reed Amar: Brief supporting Petitioner

Case Law

Justice Gorsuch: dissent from denial of certiorari in Khorrami v. Arizona (2022).
Justice Gorsuch: dissent from denial of certiorari in Cunningham v. Florida (2024).
Challenged Precedent: Williams v. Florida (1970)