No. 20-6218

Terance Valentine v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2020-11-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-waiver criminal-procedure death-penalty eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment hurst-v-florida jury-fact-finding jury-unanimity ring-v-arizona
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2021-02-19
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 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? i

Docket Entries

2021-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-02-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2021-01-19
Brief of respondent State of Florida in opposition filed.
2020-12-31
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 20, 2021.
2020-12-30
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 6, 2021 to January 20, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-11-24
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 6, 2021.
2020-11-23
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 7, 2020 to January 6, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-10-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 7, 2020)

Attorneys

State of Florida
Amitabh AgarwalOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Terence Valentine
Marie-Louise Samuels ParmerParmer DeLiberato, P.A., Petitioner