No. 18-7912

Eriese Alphonso Tisdale v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2019-02-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment 8th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights death-penalty double-jeopardy due-process jury jury-vote statutory-amendment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess FifthAmendment Punishment
Latest Conference: 2019-04-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Florida Supreme Court's failure to apply a statutory amendment violates due process and double jeopardy

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED 1. Whether the Florida Supreme Court’s failure to apply a statutory amendment, Chapter 2016-13, Laws of Florida, which required a vote of no less than 10 jurors to impose the death penalty to a 9-3 vote and where sentence was imposed after the effective date of the amendment, violates due process and double jeopardy under the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. i

Docket Entries

2019-04-15
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
2019-03-14
Brief of respondent State of Florida in opposition filed.
2019-02-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 14, 2019)

Attorneys

Eriese Tisdale
Jeffrey H. GarlandJeffrey H. Garland, P.A., Petitioner
Jeffrey H. GarlandJeffrey H. Garland, P.A., Petitioner
State of Florida
Carolyn M. SnurkowskiOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Carolyn M. SnurkowskiOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent