No. 18-9252
IFP
Tags: capital-murder capital-punishment death-penalty death-sentence due-process eighth-amendment first-degree-murder jury-findings jury-unanimity reasonable-doubt unanimous-verdict
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
DueProcess Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Mr. Foster's death sentence is unconstitutional because it violates the Eighth Amendment and the Due Process Clause
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED 1. Whether Mr. Foster’s death sentence is unconstitutional because it violates the Eighth Amendment and the Due Process Clause where the jury did not make the requisite findings of fact unanimously and beyond a reasonable doubt of all the elements necessary to convict him of capital first degree murder and render a valid death sentence? ii
Docket Entries
2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-06-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-06-24
Reply of petitioner Kevin Foster filed.
2019-06-11
Brief of respondent State of Florida in opposition filed.
2019-05-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 14, 2019)
2019-03-07
Application (18A904) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until May 12, 2019.
2019-03-04
Application (18A904) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 2, 2019 to May 12, 2019, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Attorneys
Kevin Foster
Scott Michael Gavin — Captial Collateral Regional Counsel-South, Petitioner
Scott Michael Gavin — Captial Collateral Regional Counsel-South, Petitioner
State of Florida
Carolyn M. Snurkowski — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Carolyn M. Snurkowski — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent