Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Florida Supreme Court's statutory construction in Hurst v. State constitutes substantive law
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the Florida Supreme Court’s statutory construction in Hurst v. State constitutes substantive law, and if so, whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires that this substantive law govern the law in existence at the time of Mr. Archer’s alleged offense? 2. Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment permits State v. Poole to retroactively change Florida’s substantive law to Mr. Archer’s detriment? 3. Whether the Florida Supreme Court’s recession from Hurst v. State in Poole violates the Eighth Amendment as it relates to the jury’s role of finding statutorily required facts beyond a reasonable doubt? 1
2021-02-16
Reply of petitioner Robin Archer filed. (Received on March 2, 2021).
2021-01-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2020-12-30
Brief of respondent State of Florida in opposition filed.
2020-12-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 30, 2020.
2020-12-14
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 16, 2020 to December 30, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-11-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 16, 2020.
2020-11-13
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 16, 2020 to December 16, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-09-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 16, 2020)