No. 25-5923

Timothy W. Fletcher v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2025-10-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: None
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

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Question Presented (OCR Extract)

STION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether the Florida Legislature’s expansion of the applicability of our statute’s “aggravating factors” requirements, Section 921.141(6), Florida Statutes (2023), together with the Florida Supreme Court’s recent decision in Lawrence v. State, 308 So. 3d 544, (Fla. 2020), completely doing away with proportionality review in all death sentences, has now rendered Florida’s entire death penalty scheme unconstitutional as applied, in that it does not sufficiently narrow the class of death-eligible first-degree murders?

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-11-13
Brief of State in opposition submitted.
2025-11-13
Brief of respondent Florida in opposition filed.
2025-10-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 20, 2025)

Attorneys

State
Scott Andrew BrowneOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Scott Andrew BrowneOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Timothy Fletcher
John M. SeldenOffice of the Public Defender, Petitioner
John M. SeldenOffice of the Public Defender, Petitioner