No. 24-6510

James D. Ford v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2025-02-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment evolving-standards fourteenth-amendment post-conviction-relief
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus Securities JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Florida's use of the 'conformity clause' in the Florida constitution improperly violates Ford's Fourteenth Amendment Due Process rights and his Eighth Amendment right to a true merits-based evaluation of his claims, premised on the evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

One Whether Florida’s use of the “conformity clause” in the Florida constitution improperly violates Ford’s Fourteenth Amendment Due Process rights and his Eighth Amendment right to a true merits -based evaluation of his claims, premised on the evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society ? Question Two Whether Roper v. Simmons, 443 U.S. 551 (2005) should be extended to include defendants who have a mental and developmental age of less than eighteen years old at the time of the offense in the class of offenders who are ineligible for the death penalty ?

Docket Entries

2025-02-12
Application (24A771) referred to the Court.
2025-02-12
Application (24A771) for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Thomas and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
2025-02-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-02-11
Reply of petitioner James D. Ford filed.
2025-02-10
Brief of State of Florida in opposition submitted.
2025-02-10
Brief of respondent Florida in opposition filed.
2025-02-10
Response to application from respondent Florida filed.
2025-02-08
2025-02-08
Application (24A771) for a stay for stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

James D. Ford
Ali Andrew ShakoorCapital Collateral Regional Counsel, Petitioner
Ali Andrew ShakoorCapital Collateral Regional Counsel, Petitioner
State of Florida
Carla Suzanne BechardOffice of the Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondent
Carla Suzanne BechardOffice of the Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondent