No. 20-7732

Tina LaSonya Brown v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2021-04-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: aggravating-factors appellate-review capital-sentencing constitutional-procedure death-penalty due-process ex-post-facto jury-finding jury-findings sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-06-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Florida Supreme Court's procedure for imposing a death sentence violates the Sixth, Eighth, or Fourteenth Amendments

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Question Presented ONE was announced by the Florida Supreme Court in an opinion which overruled that Court’s earlier (2016) implementation of Hurst v. Florida and revalidated death sentences which the 2016 ruling had held impermissible. Does this volte-face violate the guarantees of Article I, § 10 or the Fourteenth Amendment’s due process prohibition of ex post facto liability? i

Docket Entries

2021-06-21
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021.
2021-05-26
Reply of petitioner Tina Brown filed.
2021-05-13
Brief of respondent State of Florida in opposition filed.
2021-04-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 13, 2021)

Attorneys

State of Florida
Carolyn M. SnurkowskiOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Carolyn M. SnurkowskiOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Tina Brown
Dawn Brandi MacreadyCapital Collateral Regional Counsel - North, Petitioner
Dawn Brandi MacreadyCapital Collateral Regional Counsel - North, Petitioner