No. 19-8042
Tags: aedpa constitutional-claim constitutional-claims eighth-amendment federal-habeas federal-habeas-review merits-decision state-court-decision state-court-decisions state-court-interpretation supreme-court-review
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
HabeasCorpus Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2020-05-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Florida Supreme Court erred in treating Virginia v. LeBlanc, 137 S. Ct. 1726 (2017) (per curiam), a case arising under federal habeas review, as a decision on the merits of the underlying constitutional question?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Florida Supreme Court erred in treating Virginia v. LeBlanc, 137 S. Ct. 1726 (2017) (per curiam), a case arising under federal habeas review, as a decision on the merits of the underlying constitutional question? i
Docket Entries
2020-05-18
Petition DENIED.
2020-04-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.
2020-04-20
Waiver of right of respondent State of Florida to respond filed.
2020-03-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 20, 2020)
Attorneys
Lewis Taylor
Paul Edward Petillo — Office of the Public Defender, Petitioner
State of Florida
Celia A. Terenzio — Respondent