Richard Barry Randolph v. Florida
DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus
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
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