No. 18-7912
Eriese Alphonso Tisdale v. Florida
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
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. Garland — Jeffrey H. Garland, P.A., Petitioner
Jeffrey H. Garland — Jeffrey H. Garland, P.A., Petitioner
State of Florida
Carolyn M. Snurkowski — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Carolyn M. Snurkowski — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent