Whitton v. Dixon (608 U.S. 493)

The record

Term: 2025
Decided: Jun 1, 2026
Issue area: —
Vote split: —
Winning party: —
Decision direction: —
Chief Justice: —
Disposition: —
Docket: 25-580
U.S. Reports: 608 U.S. 493
S. Ct. citation: —
LEXIS citation: —
Opinion by: Per curiam

Holding

The Court of Appeals erred in considering post-trial DNA evidence when assessing whether the Florida Supreme Court reasonably determined that jailhouse informant Ozio’s testimony was immaterial to the jury’s verdict, because evidence not presented to the jury could not have influenced the jury’s verdict and therefore sheds no light on whether Ozio’s testimony influenced that verdict.

Syllabus summary as published on the Supreme Court’s opinions list.

How the bench divided

No per-justice vote lineup was available for this case.

Read the opinion

Name, docket, decision date, citation, syllabus summary and opinion author are taken from the Court’s slip opinion for the 2025 term. No per-justice vote lineup was available for this case. Verify against the opinion before relying on it as legal authority.