No. 21-6328

Scottie D. Allen v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2021-11-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: capital-sentencing criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment jury-instructions reasonable-doubt sentencing standard-of-proof
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment
Latest Conference: 2022-01-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Florida Supreme Court's rejection of Petitioner's claim of error based on the jury being affirmatively misinformed about its role in the sentencing process violates this Court's holding in Caldwell v. Mississippi

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

question presented is whether, considering the operation and effect of Florida’s capital sentencing scheme, the Due Process Clause requires these additional determinations to be made beyond a reasonable doubt. i STATEMENT OF

Docket Entries

2022-01-24
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-18
Reply of petitioner Scottie Allen filed. (Distributed)
2022-01-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/21/2022.
2021-12-20
Brief of respondent Florida in opposition filed.
2021-11-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 20, 2021)

Attorneys

Scottie Allen
Barbara Jane BusharisOffice of the Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Petitioner
State of Florida
Carolyn M. SnurkowskiOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent