No. 19-8845

Charles Grover Brant v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2020-06-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-challenge death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment fact-finding fourteenth-amendment hurst-v-florida jury-trial jury-unanimity jury-waiver
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a waiver to an advisory, non-unanimous jury verdict lacking in any fact finding requirement under a death penalty scheme later determined to be unconstitutional by this Court in Hurst v. Florida, 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016) because the scheme denied a capital defendant the right to jury fact-finding, and subsequent statutory law added the requirement of a unanimous jury verdict, can be knowing and voluntary?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a waiver to an advisory, non-unanimous jury verdict lacking in any fact finding requirement under a death penalty scheme later determined to be unconstitutional by this Court in Hurst v. Florida, 136 8. Ct. 616 (2016) because the scheme denied a capital defendant the right to | : jury fact-finding, and subsequent statutory law added the requirement of a unanimous jury verdict, : can be knowing and voluntary? i

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-26
Brief of respondent Florida in opposition filed.
2020-07-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 28, 2020.
2020-07-14
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 29, 2020 to August 28, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-04-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 29, 2020)

Attorneys

Charles Grover Brant
Marie-Louise Samuels ParmerParmer DeLiberato, P.A., Petitioner
Florida
Amitabh AgarwalOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent