No. 22-5432

Terence Valentine v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2022-08-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: actual-innocence constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-development habeas-corpus jury-trial jury-verdict state-courts
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2022-10-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state court must allow evidentiary development of actual innocence claims and assess the totality of the case

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether, when deciding if it should allow a defendant an opportunity to present evidence of actual innocence, a state court must, in conformance with the requirements of the due process clause, at a minimum, allow evidentiary development of claims that, as pled, reasonably establish a likelihood of a different result on retrial and assess the totality of the case, particularly where, as here, more than one jury struggled with reaching a guilty verdict in the case at hand. i

Docket Entries

2022-10-31
Petition DENIED.
2022-10-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/28/2022.
2022-09-22
Brief of respondent Florida in opposition filed.
2022-08-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 22, 2022)

Attorneys

State of Florida
Carolyn M. SnurkowskiOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Carolyn M. SnurkowskiOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Terence Valentine
Marie-Louise Samuels ParmerSamuels Parmer Law, P.A., Petitioner
Marie-Louise Samuels ParmerSamuels Parmer Law, P.A., Petitioner