No. 18-9464
Charles William Finney v. Florida
IFP
Tags: aggravating-factors capital-murder capital-sentencing death-penalty florida-constitution jury-trial jury-unanimity mitigating-circumstances sixth-amendment
Latest Conference:
2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the Sixth Amendment requires that a jury unanimously find all facts necessary to impose a death sentence in Florida, and whether Florida's capital sentencing scheme, as interpreted in Hurst v. State and amended by Chapter 2017-1, Laws of Florida, complies with the Sixth Amendment requirement that a jury be the finder of every fact necessary for the imposition of the death penalty.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Florida's capital sentencing scheme violates the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial by requiring the jury to find only aggravating factors but not the ultimate determination that the aggravating factors outweigh the mitigating circumstances
Docket Entries
2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-05
Reply of petitioner Charles Finney filed.
2019-06-25
Brief of respondent State of Florida in opposition filed.
2019-05-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 28, 2019)
2019-03-20
Application (18A943) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until May 27, 2019.
2019-03-15
Application (18A943) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 28, 2019 to May 27, 2019, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Attorneys
Charles Finney
Suzanne Myers Keffer — CCRC-South, Petitioner
State of Florida
Carolyn M. Snurkowski — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent