No. 25-5829
Samuel Lee Smithers v. Florida
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty eighth-amendment elderly-defendant standards-of-decency
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus
DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Does the execution of the elderly violate the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment based on the evolved standards of decency?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does the execution of the elderly violate the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment based on the evolved standards of decency?
Docket Entries
2025-10-14
Application (25A406) referred to the Court.
2025-10-14
Petition DENIED.
2025-10-14
Application (25A406) 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.
2025-10-10
Brief of Florida in opposition submitted.
2025-10-10
Response to application from respondent Florida filed.
2025-10-10
Brief of respondent Florida in opposition filed.
2025-10-08
Application (25A406) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Thomas.
2025-10-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed.
Attorneys
Florida
Samuel Lee Smithers, Jr.
Ann Marie Mirialakis — Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, Petitioner