No. 23-6415

Christian Cruz v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2024-01-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: capital-case capital-punishment criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process equal-protection first-degree-murder pulley-v-harris relative-culpability sentencing supreme-court-review
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Punishment Privacy
Latest Conference: 2024-02-23
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the affirmance by the Supreme Court of the State of Florida of defendant's conviction for first degree murder and sentence of death was clearly erroneous as the Florida Supreme Court improperly interpreted and applied this Court's decision in Pulley v. Harris to disallow a relative culpability analysis

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW CAPITAL CASE IL: WHETHER THE AFFIRMANCE BY THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA OF DEFENDANT'S CONVICTION FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND SENTENCE OF DEATH WAS CLEARLY ERRONEOUS AS THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT IMPROPERLY INTERPRETED AND APPLIED THIS COURT’S DECISION IN PULLEY v. HARRIS TO DISALLOW A RELATIVE CULPABILITY ANALYSIS

Docket Entries

2024-02-26
Petition DENIED.
2024-02-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/23/2024.
2024-01-25
Brief of respondent Florida in opposition filed.
2023-12-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 5, 2024)

Attorneys

Cristian Cruz
Jose Rafael RodriguezLaw Offices of J. Rafael Rodriguez, Petitioner
Jose Rafael RodriguezLaw Offices of J. Rafael Rodriguez, Petitioner
Office of the Attorney General Florida
Carla Suzanne BechardOffice of the Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondent
Carla Suzanne BechardOffice of the Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondent