No. 19-5313

Thomas Arthur Kahlow v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2019-07-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: 14th-amendment capital-punishment constitutional-limits due-process excessive-punishment federal-statutes fourteenth-amendment indefinite-imprisonment life-imprisonment state-constitutional-law state-governments
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2019-12-06 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the right to due process of law is denied by Florida's imposition of a capital life imprisonment sentence

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED WHETHER THE RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS OF LAW , , ~ GUARANTEED BY THE UNITED STATES CONSTITU| TION’S FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT 1S DENIED BY FLORIDA’S IMPOSITION OF A*CAPITAL LIFE IM| _— PRISONMENT SENTENCE THAT IN EFFECT IS THE INDEFINITE IMPRISONMENT ARTICLE I, SECTION 17 OF THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION DECLARES IS \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.
2019-11-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2019.
2019-10-31
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-08-21
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2019-06-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 23, 2019)

Attorneys

Florida
Kellie A. Nielan — Respondent
Kellie A. Nielan — Respondent
Thomas Kahlow
Thomas Arthur Kahlow — Petitioner
Thomas Arthur Kahlow — Petitioner