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. Ponticelli's alleged offense?

QUESTIONS PRESENTED--CAPITAL CASE 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. Ponticelli’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. Ponticelli’s detriment? 3. Whether McKinney v. Arizona governs the retroactivity of Hurst v. Florida and Hurst v. State as to Florida’s capital sentencing statute which is markedly different than Arizona’s statute? 4. Whether the Eighth Amendment requires a unanimous jury verdict on the elements required for a capital defendant to be sentenced to death? i NOTICE OF RELATED CASES Per Supreme Court Rule 14.1(b) (iii), the following cases relate to this petition: Underlying Trial: Circuit Court of Marion County, Florida State of Florida v. Anthony Ponticelli, Case No. 87-2719 CF Judgement Entered August 12, 1988 Appellate Proceedings: Florida Supreme Court (Case No. 60-73,064) Ponticelli v. State, 593 So. 2d 483 (Fla. 1991) Conviction and Sentence Affirmed: October 10, 1991 Petition for Writ of Certiorari: United States Supreme Court Ponticelli v. Florida, 506 U.S. 802 (1992) Vacated Judgement and Remanded: October 5, 1992 Proceedings on Remand _ to the Florida Supreme Court: Florida Supreme Court (Case No. 60-73,064) Ponticelli v. State, 618 So. 2d 154 (Fla. 1993) Death Sentence Affirmed: March 4, 1993 Initial Postconviction Proceedings: Circuit Court of Marion County, Florida State of Florida v. Anthony Ponticelli, Case No. 87-2719 CF Judgement Entered November 1, 2002 (denying motion) Appellate Proceedings: Florida Supreme Court (Case No. SC0Q3-17) Ponticelli v. State, 941 So. 2d 1073 (Fla. 2006) Affirmed: August 31, 2006 Successive Postconviction Proceedings: Circuit Court of Marion County, Florida State of Florida v. Anthony Ponticelli, Case No. 87-2719 CF Judgement Entered November 1, 2003 (denying motion) Appellate Proceedings: Florida Supreme Court (Case No. SC03-1655) Ponticelli v. State, 879 So. 2d 623 (Fla. 2004) Affirmed: June 9, 2004 Second Successive Postconviction Proceedings: Circuit Court of Marion County, Florida State of Florida v. Anthony Ponticelli, Case No. 87-2719 CF Judgement Entered March 16, 2009 (denying motion) Appellate Proceedings: ii Florida Supreme Court (Case No. SC09-992) Ponticelli v. State, 49 So. 3d 236 (Fla. 2010) Affirmed: November 10, 2010 Third Successive Postconviction Proceedings: Circuit Court of Marion County, Florida State of Florida v. Anthony Ponticelli, Case No. 87-2719 CF Judgement Entered April 1, 2011 (denying motion) Appellate Proceedings: Florida Supreme Court (Case No. SC11-877) Ponticelli v. State, 90 So. 3d 823 (Fla. 2012) Affirmed: April 26, 2012 Appellate Proceedings: Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals (Case No. 11-11966) Ponticelli v. Sec’y, Dept. of Corrs., 690 F.3d 1271 (11™ Cir. 2012) Affirmed: August 16, 2012 Fourth Successive Postconviction Proceedings: Circuit Court of Marion County, Florida State of Florida v. Anthony Ponticelli, Case No. 87-2719 CF Judgement Entered May 9, 2017 (denying motion) Appellate Proceedings: Florida Supreme Court (Case No. SC19-607) Ponticelli v. State, 297 So. 3d 1292 (Fla. 2020) Affirmed: April 16, 2020 iii