Anthony Floyd Wainwright v. Florida
DueProcess Punishment Securities JusticiabilityDoctri
Whether the Florida Supreme Court's persistent misapprehension of Brady v. Maryland and its progeny deprives Mr. Wainwright of due process rights, and whether the court's refusal to consider mitigating evidence and imposition of time-bars violates the Eighth Amendment
1. Whether the Florida Supreme Court’s persistent and fundamental misapprehension of this Court’s holding in Brady v. Maryland , 373 U.S. 83 (1963), and its progeny warrants correction to ensure Florida citizens, including Mr. Wainwright, are not deprived of their due process rights? 2. Whether the Florida Supreme Court’s refusal to consider properly presented mitigating evidence that provides a mitigating cause to cognitive and neurobehavioral impairments violates the Eighth Amendment? 3. Whether the Florida Supreme Court’s imposition of a time -bar to preclude relief on meritorious Eighth Amendment claims based on new scientific evidence raises “troubling” due process concerns, as one Justice of this Court has observed? ii LIST OF DIRECTLY