No. 20-5954
IFP
Tags: criminal-procedure death-penalty death-sentence due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment post-conviction postconviction-counsel pro-se-filing right-to-counsel
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2021-01-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether rule 3.851(b)(6)&(i) of the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure is unconstitutional and violates the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
question presented in this case is whether rule 3.851(b)(6)&(i) found in ° the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure is unconstitutional and violates both the _ Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment where it prohibits death sentenced inmates from submitting any filings pro se without waiving postconviction counsel and waiving all postconviction proceedings? i
Docket Entries
2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-10
Reply of petitioner Meryl McDonald filed. (Distributed)
2020-12-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-11-18
Brief of respondent State of Florida in opposition filed.
2020-11-10
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 23, 2020.
2020-11-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 9, 2020 to November 23, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-10-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 9, 2020)
Attorneys
State of Florida
Carolyn M. Snurkowski — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Carolyn M. Snurkowski — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent