No. 20-6023

Carlos Anderson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2020-10-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-review eighth-amendment graham-v-florida juvenile-sentencing life-sentence procedural-bar state-court-decisional-law state-court-law
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-12-11
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can the Florida Supreme Court use state court decisional law to procedurally bar a non-homicide juvenile defendant from seeking relief from an illegal life sentence that has been declared a violation of the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution by this Court in Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48 (2010)?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED ' Can the Florida Supreme Court use state court decisional law to procedurally bar a non-homicide juvenile defendant from seeking relief from j an illegal life sentence that has been declared a violation of the Eighth Amendment of the U. S. Constitution by this Court in Graham v. Florida, 560 US. 48 (2010)? (2) , ; _

Docket Entries

2020-12-14
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/11/2020.
2020-11-17
Waiver of right of respondent Inch, Sec., FL DOC to respond filed.
2020-05-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 16, 2020)

Attorneys

Carlos Anderson
Carlos Anderson — Petitioner
Carlos Anderson — Petitioner
Inch, Sec., FL DOC
Carla Suzanne BechardOffice of the Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondent
Carla Suzanne BechardOffice of the Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondent