No. 19-5059

Paul A. Viera v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2019-07-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights due-process excessive-punishment federal-statutes florida florida-constitution fourteenth-amendment indefinite-imprisonment life-imprisonment state-sentencing
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2019-12-06 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the right to due process of law guaranteed by the United States Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment is denied by Florida's imposition of a natural life imprisonment sentence that in effect is the indefinite imprisonment Article I, Section 17 of the Florida Constitution declares forbidden excessive punishment without any permissible exception

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED : 7 WHETHER THE RIGHT TO ‘DUE PROCESS OF LAW | GUARANTEED BY THE UNITED STATES CONSTITU_ TION’S FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT IS DENIED BY FLORIDA’S IMPOSITION OF ANATURAL LIFE IM__PRISONMENT SENTENCE THAT IN EFFECT IS THE INDEFINITE IMPRISONMENT ARTICLE I, SECTION , 17 OF THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION DECLARES [5° | FORBIDDEN EXCESSIVE PUNISHMENT WITHOUT , ANY PERMISSIBLE EXCEPTION, WHICH FLORIDA | DOCUMENTS AS INDEFINITE IMPRISONMENT BY SETTING A RELEASE DATE FAR BEYOND THE — GREGORIAN CALENDAR THAT THE FEDERAL STATUTES LIMIT ALL STATE GOVERNMENTS TO : WHEN MEASURING THE PASSAGE OF TIME.

Docket Entries

2019-12-09
Rehearing DENIED.
2019-11-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2019.
2019-10-31
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-31
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2019-06-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 2, 2019)

Attorneys

Florida
Rebecca Rock McGuiganOffice of Florida Attorney General, Respondent
Paul A. Viera
Paul A. Viera — Petitioner