No. 20-8273

Roger G. Babcock v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2021-06-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion mandatory-sentencing sentencing sentencing-discretion state-law statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
ERISA DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the defendant was arbitrarily deprived of his interest in the exercise of judicial discretion in sentencing by the misapplication of a state court decision

Question Presented (from Petition)

questions presented are: 1. Because the State of Florida has provided for the defendant the imposition of criminal punishment in the discretion of a trial judge, may the defendant be arbitrarily deprived of his interest in the exercise of that discretion by the misapplication of a state court decision? 3 .

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-06-21
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2021-05-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 12, 2021)

Attorneys

Florida
Carla Suzanne BechardOffice of the Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondent
Carla Suzanne BechardOffice of the Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondent
Roger G. Babcock
Roger G. Babcock — Petitioner
Roger G. Babcock — Petitioner