No. 21-6387

Richard Barry Randolph v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2021-11-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: apprendi-v-new-jersey capital-sentencing constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment retroactive-law statutory-construction
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2022-01-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Florida Supreme Court's decision in Hurst v. State constitutes statutory construction of 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 Richard Barry Randolph's alleged offense

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the Florida Supreme Court’s decision in Hurst v. State constitutes statutory construction of 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 Richard Barry Randolph’s alleged offense. 2. Whether Florida’s capital sentencing scheme requires a factual finding proven beyond a reasonable doubt that sufficient aggravating circumstances are not outweighed by the available mitigating circumstances to sentence someone to in conformity with the Eighth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments. ii

Docket Entries

2022-01-24
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/21/2022.
2021-12-22
Brief of respondent Florida in opposition filed.
2021-11-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 23, 2021)

Attorneys

Richard Randolph
Marie-Louise Samuels ParmerParmer DeLiberato, P.A., Petitioner
Marie-Louise Samuels ParmerParmer DeLiberato, P.A., Petitioner
State of Florida
Carolyn M. SnurkowskiOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Carolyn M. SnurkowskiOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent