No. 22-5245

Pamela McCoy v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2022-08-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection fair-proceeding juvenile-sentencing manifest-injustice sentencing-review
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment
Latest Conference: 2022-12-02 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the decision of the Florida State Courts to deny the Petitioner relief violate the Petitioner's rights under the Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Question Presented ‘ I. Does the decision of the Florida State Courts to deny the Petitioner relief ruling that the Petitioner's thirty-five (35) year sentence as a juvenile was constitutional, failing to adopt a review mechanism for her sentence and failing to conduct a : hearing to ascertain rehabilitation and maturity violate the Petitioner's right to a fair proceeding, to be free from cruel and unusual punishment, equal protection ‘and due process of law pursuant to the Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments and therefore created a manifest injustice? | . |

Docket Entries

2022-12-05
Rehearing DENIED.
2022-11-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/2/2022.
2022-10-27
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-09-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-08-31
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2022-07-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 31, 2022)

Attorneys

Florida
Rebecca Rock McGuiganOffice of Florida Attorney General, Respondent
Rebecca Rock McGuiganOffice of Florida Attorney General, Respondent
Pamela McCoy
Pamela McCoy — Petitioner
Pamela McCoy — Petitioner