No. 25A406

Samuel Lee Smithers v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2025-10-08
Status: Denied
Type: A
Tags: constitutional-rights death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment execution-stay meaningful-hearing
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits the execution of a death row inmate when substantial constitutional questions remain unresolved and the defendant has been denied a meaningful opportunity to be heard

Docket Entries

2025-10-14
Application (25A406) referred to the Court.
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
Response of Florida to application submitted.
2025-10-10
Response to application from respondent Florida filed.
2025-10-08
Application (25A406) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Florida
Carla Suzanne BechardOffice of the Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondent
Samuel Lee Smithers, Jr.
Ann Marie MirialakisCapital Collateral Regional Counsel, Petitioner