No. 25-5745

Victor Tony Jones v. Florida, et al.

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2025-09-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: capital-sentencing constitutional-rules due-process mitigating-evidence postconviction-litigation supremacy-clause
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus Securities JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Florida has violated the Supremacy Clause by constructing a postconviction litigation system that provides no avenue for asserting retroactively applicable federal constitutional rules and whether the Florida Supreme Court has consistently failed to consider mitigating evidence in capital sentencing

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Has Florida violated the Supremacy Clause by constructing a system of postconviction litigation that provides no avenue for the assertion of retroactively applicable rules of federal constitutional law . 2. Has the Florida Supreme Court repeatedly f ailed to t ake into account the diverse f railities of human kind in capital sentencing by consistently denigrating the f orce of proffered mitigating evidence.

Docket Entries

2025-09-30
Reply of Victor Jones submitted.
2025-09-30
Reply of petitioner Victor Jones filed.
2025-09-30
Reply of applicant Victor Jones filed.
2025-09-30
Petition DENIED.
2025-09-30
Application (25A356) referred to the Court.
2025-09-30
Application (25A356) 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.
2025-09-29
Response to application from respondent Florida filed.
2025-09-29
Brief of respondent Florida in opposition filed.
2025-09-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed.
2025-09-27
Application (25A356) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

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
Victor Jones
Marie Louise Samuels ParmerCapital Collateral Regional Counsel - South Office, Petitioner
Marie Louise Samuels ParmerCapital Collateral Regional Counsel - South Office, Petitioner