No. 19-5112

Rafael Jacob Stoffel v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2019-07-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-victim mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence sentencing sentencing-guidelines sexual-assault sexual-offense sexual-offenses
Key Terms:
Punishment
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a minimum mandatory sentence of twenty-five years' imprisonment imposed for the offense of touching a minor's breast violates the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether a minimum mandatory sentence of twenty-five years’ imprisonment imposed for the offense of touching a minor’s breast violates the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution. ii B. PARTIES INVOLVED The parties involved are identified in the style of the case. iii

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-26
Waiver of right of respondent State of Florida to respond filed.
2019-07-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 8, 2019)
2019-05-29
Application (18A1083) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until July 5, 2019.
2019-05-23
Application (18A1083) to extend further the time from June 5, 2019 to July 5, 2019, submitted to Justice Thomas.
2019-04-24
Application (18A1083) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until June 5, 2019.
2019-04-18
Application (18A1083) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 6, 2019 to June 5, 2019, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Rafael Jacob Stoffel
Michael Robert UffermanMichael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A., Petitioner
State of Florida
Trisha Meggs PateOffice of the Attorney General Criminal Appeals Division Tallahassee, Respondent