No. 18-5081
IFP
Tags: binding-precedent capital-sentencing criminal-procedure death-penalty death-penalty-sentencing federal-constitutional-rights judicial-discretion jury-instructions jury-responsibility jury-role sentencing-procedure structural-error unanimous-verdict
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus
DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether structural error occurs when the jury fails to return a verdict as to multiple critical elements necessary to impose the death penalty
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether structural error occurs when, after having been affirmatively misled regarding its role in the sentencing process so as to diminish its sense of responsibility, the jury fails to return a verdict as to multiple critical elements necessary to impose the death penalty. 2. Whether structural error occurs when, after having been affirmatively misled regarding its role in the sentencing process so as to diminish its sense of responsibility, the jury fails to unanimously return factual findings or a unanimous verdict for the death penalty.
Docket Entries
2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-13
Reply of petitioner Alvin L. Morton filed. (Distributed)
2018-08-01
Brief of respondent Florida in opposition filed.
2018-06-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 2, 2018)
2018-03-26
Application (17A1016) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until July 2, 2018.
2018-03-20
Application (17A1016) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 3, 2018 to July 2, 2018, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Attorneys
Alvin L. Morton
Florida
Scott Andrew Browne — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Scott Andrew Browne — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent