No. 18-5160

Michael Anthony Tanzi v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2018-07-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (5)IFP
Tags: caldwell-v-mississippi capital-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment harmless-error hurst-v-florida hurst-violation judicial-procedure per-se-rule supreme-court-precedent
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2018-11-09 (distributed 5 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Florida Supreme Court's application of a per se harmless-error rule to violations of Hurst v. Florida in pre-Hurst cases violates the Eighth Amendment under Caldwell v. Mississippi

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED L Does the Florida Supreme Court’s application of a per se harmless-—error rule to violations of Hurst v. Florida, 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016), in every pre—Hurst case in which the capital defendant’s advisory jury, after being instructed that the findings of fact and sentencing decision would be made by the judge alone, voted unanimously to recommended the death penalty, violate the Eighth Amendment under Caldwell v. Mississippi, 472 U.S. 320 (1985)? 2. Does the Florida Supreme Court’s application of a per se harmless-—error rule to Hurst violations contravene this Court’s decisions holding that harmless—error review cannot be automatic and mechanical, must include consideration of the whole record, and must be accompanied by a detailed explanation based on the record? i

Docket Entries

2018-11-13
Petition DENIED. Justice Thomas, concurring in the denial of certiorari: I concur for the reasons set out in Reynolds v. Florida, 586 U. S. ___ (2018) (Thomas, J., concurring). Justice Sotomayor, dissenting from the denial of certiorari: I dissent for the reasons set out in Reynolds v. Florida, 586 U. S. ___ (2018) (Sotomayor, J., dissenting).
2018-11-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2018.
2018-10-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/2/2018.
2018-10-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018.
2018-10-22
Rescheduled.
2018-10-09
Rescheduled.
2018-09-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/12/2018.
2018-09-18
Rescheduled.
2018-08-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-08
Brief of respondent State of Florida in opposition filed.
2018-07-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 8, 2018)

Attorneys

Michael Tanzi
Paul Edward KalilLaw Office of the Capital Collateral Regional Coun, Petitioner
State of Florida
Scott Andrew BrowneOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent