Juan Javier Oquendo v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC2023-0807 ____________ JUAN JAVIER OQUENDO, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. October 9, 2025 FRANCIS, J. This case concerns Florida’s self-defense standard and whether evidence of a defendant’s post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is relevant to his claim of self-defense. The Second District Court of Appeal certified conflict between its decision in Oquendo v. State,

357 So. 3d 214

(Fla. 2d DCA 2023), and the First District Court of Appeal’s decision in State v. Mizell,

773 So. 2d 618

(Fla. 1st DCA 2000), on the question of whether expert…