No. 18-6843

James Milton Dailey v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2018-11-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: capital-punishment death-penalty eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment hurst-error hurst-v-florida retroactivity ring-v-arizona supremacy-clause
Latest Conference: 2019-01-18
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Does the Florida Supreme Court's partial retro activity decision, which lim its the class of deathsentenced individuals entitled to a jury de termination of their sentence pursuant to Hurst v. Florida , 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016), violate the Eighth and F ourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution?

2. Does the partial retro activity formula employed for Hurst errors in Florida violate the Supremacy Clause of the United St ates Constitution in light of Montgomery v. Louisiana , 136 S. Ct. 718 (2016)?

3. Does the Florida Supreme Court's holding that a Hurst error is per se harmless where a jury issues a generalized unanimous recommendation for death – after receiving instructions that the judge would make both the findings of facts nece ssary for a death sentence and render the final decision on the death penalty – cont ravene the Eighth Amendment under Caldwell v. Mississippi , 472 U.S. 320 (1985)?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Florida Supreme Court's partial retroactivity decision violate the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments?

Docket Entries

2019-01-22
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/18/2019.
2019-01-03
Reply of petitioner James Milton Dailey filed. (Distributed)
2018-12-20
Brief of respondent State of Florida in opposition filed.
2018-11-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 27, 2018)
2018-08-27
Application (18A208) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until November 23, 2018.
2018-08-21
Application (18A208) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 24, 2018 to November 23, 2018, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

James Milton Dailey
Julissa R. FontanCapital Collateral Regional Counsel- Middle Region, Petitioner
State of Florida
Carolyn M. SnurkowskiOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent