As of October 17, 2026, Wade Wilson’s case remains focused on a critical legal question: whether Florida law allowed juries to recommend a death sentence without unanimous agreement in cases involving crimes committed before the law changed.

Wilson was sentenced to death in 2024 for the 2019 murders of Kristine Melton and Diane Ruiz. Jurors recommended the sentences by votes of 9–3 and 10–2, respectively.

His appeal does not primarily seek to overturn his convictions. Instead, his defense challenges the legality of the death sentences, arguing that Florida’s newer rules permitting non-unanimous jury recommendations should not apply retroactively to crimes committed years earlier.

On February 5, 2026, Wilson’s attorney, Michael Ufferman, presented arguments before the Florida Supreme Court. According to Court TV, the defense acknowledged that existing precedent posed a significant obstacle to its consтιтutional argument.

The court ultimately upheld the lower court’s ruling, leaving Wilson’s two sentences in place. His legal team then indicated it intended to pursue further review, potentially asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the issue.

That possibility does not mean the nation’s highest court has agreed to hear the case. It also does not mean the sentences have been overturned. Any further challenge would depend on the legal process and whether the court accepts the peтιтion.

For now, the central issue is the consтιтutionality of Florida’s non-unanimous jury sentencing rule and whether it can apply to Wilson’s case.

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