No. 25A406
Samuel Lee Smithers v. Florida
Tags: constitutional-rights death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment execution-stay meaningful-hearing
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Question Presented (from Petition)
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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
Samuel Lee Smithers, Jr.
Ann Marie Mirialakis — Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, Petitioner