No. 22-5088

Norman Blake McKenzie v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2022-07-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: aggravating-factors constitutional-rights death-penalty due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-trial reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the failure to require the jury, and the jury alone, to find that the aggravating factors outweighed the mitigating factors, beyond and to the exclusion of every reasonable doubt, and that death should be imposed, beyond and to the exclusion of every reasonable doubt, denied Mr. McKenzie his right to a jury trial and due process under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Mr. McKenzie had a right to a jury finding for each fact that subjected him to the enhanced penalty of death. This proof was required to be “beyond a reasonable doubt” according to well established constitutional law. In this case, Mr. McKenzie challenged the manner in which his death sentence was decided. Because he was denied his rights under the United States Constitution, he presents the following issue: Whether the failure to require the jury, and the jury alone, to find that the aggravating factors outweighed the mitigating factors, beyond and to the exclusion of every reasonable doubt, and that death should be imposed, beyond and to the exclusion of every reasonable doubt, denied Mr. McKenzie his right to a jury trial and due process under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution? ii

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-09-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-08-25
Reply of petitioner Norman Blake McKenzie filed.
2022-08-12
Brief of respondent Florida in opposition filed.
2022-07-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 12, 2022)
2022-04-04
Application (21A571) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until July 10, 2022.
2022-03-30
Application (21A571) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 11, 2022 to July 10, 2022, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Florida
Carolyn M. SnurkowskiOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Carolyn M. SnurkowskiOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Norman Blake McKenzie
David Robert Gemmer — Petitioner
David Robert Gemmer — Petitioner