No. 18-9270

Manuel Antonio Rodriguez v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2019-05-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: 14th-amendment 8th-amendment capital-murder capital-murder-elements-as-sentencing-factors due-process eighth-amendment florida-supreme-court foster-v-state fourteenth-amendment precedent sentencing-factors
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Florida Supreme Court's rationale in Foster v. State mirrors the overruled rationale of Hildwin v. Florida and reveals that Florida continues to treat the elements of capital murder as sentencing factors

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED CAPITAL CASE 1. Whether the Florida Supreme Court’s rationale in Foster v. State, 258 So. 3d 1248 (Fla. 2018), mirrors the overruled rationale of Hildwin v. Florida, 490 U.S. 638 (1989) and reveals that Florida continues to treat the elements of capital murder as sentencing factors? 2. Whether the Florida Supreme Court’s application of Foster v. State here constitutes a denial of Federal Due Process under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S Constitution? i

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-06-28
Reply of petitioner Manuel Rodriguez filed. (Distributed)
2019-06-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-06-11
Brief of respondent State of Florida in opposition filed.
2019-05-13
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 (18A902) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until May 12, 2019.
2019-03-01
Application (18A902) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 28, 2019 to May 12, 2019, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Manuel Rodriguez
Leslie Teresa CampbellOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Leslie Teresa CampbellOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Marie-Louise Samuels ParmerOffice of the Capital Collateral Regional Counsel South, Petitioner
Marie-Louise Samuels ParmerOffice of the Capital Collateral Regional Counsel South, Petitioner
State of Florida
Carolyn M. SnurkowskiOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Carolyn M. SnurkowskiOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent