No. 18-1449

Harold Lee Harvey, Jr. v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2019-05-21
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: arbitrary-factors constitutional-rights death-penalty eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment hurst-v-florida judicial-decisions retroactive-application retroactivity ring-v-arizona sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does the Florida Supreme Court's decision denying retroactive application of the Hurst decisions to Mr. Harvey violate the Eighth or Fourteenth Amendments because it uses an arbitrary cut-off point and other arbitrary factors—such as the timing of judicial decisions—to determine whether similarly situated death row prisoners will receive retroactive application of constitutional rights?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Florida Supreme Court's decision denying retroactive application of the Hurst decisions to Mr. Harvey violate the Eighth or Fourteenth Amendments because it uses an arbitrary cut-off point and other arbitrary factors—such as the timing of judicial decisions—to determine whether similarly situated death row prisoners will receive retroactive application of constitutional rights?

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-02
Reply of petitioner Harold Lee Harvey, Jr. filed.
2019-06-19
Brief of respondent Florida in opposition filed.
2019-05-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 20, 2019)
2019-03-06
Application (18A905) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 20, 2019 to May 19, 2019, submitted to Justice Thomas.
2018-03-08
Application (18A905) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until May 19, 2019.

Attorneys

Florida
Carolyn M. SnurkowskiOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Harold Lee Harvey, Jr.
Ross Benjamin BrickerJenner & Block LLP, Petitioner