No. 18-5179

Ronnie Johnson v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2018-07-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 6th-amendment 8th-amendment cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process equal-protection hurst-v-florida jury-trial retroactivity ring-v-arizona
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (from Petition)

WHETHER THE BLACK LINE DRAWN BY THE FLORIDA SUPREME
COURT IN ASAY v. STATE, 210 S0.3d 1 (Fla. 2016), LIMITING THE
RETROACTIVE EFFECT OF HURST v. FLORIDA, 577 U.S. —, 136 S.Ct.
616 (2016), TO DEATH SENTENCES THAT WERE FINAL AFTER THE
DECISION IN RING v. ARIZONA, 536 U.S. 384 (2002), BUT NOT BEFORE
VIOLATED THE SUBSTANTIVE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE AND EQUAL
PROTECTIVE CLAUSE OF THE FIFTH AMENDMENT, SIXTH
AMENDMENT RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL, AS WELL AS THE
PROHIBITION AGAINST CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT IN
THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT APPLICABLE TO THE STATES
THROUGH THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the retroactive application of Hurst v. Florida was unconstitutionally limited

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-07
Brief of respondent State of Florida in opposition filed.
2018-06-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 8, 2018)

Attorneys

Ronnie Johnson
Charles G. White — Petitioner
State of Florida
Scott Andrew BrowneOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent