Michael Gordon Reynolds v. Florida
1. Whether the Florida Supreme Court's plurality decision rejecting Mr. Reynolds' Caldwell v. Mississippi, 472 U.S. 320 (1985) claim is error. The jury was affirmatively misled regarding its role in the sentencing process so as to diminish its sense of responsibility.
2. Does the Florida Supreme Court's holding that a Hurst error is per se harmless where a jury issues a generalized unanimous recommendation for death — after receiving instructions that the judge would make both the findings of facts necessary for a death sentence and render the final decision on the death penalty — contravene the Eighth Amendment under Caldwell v. Mississippi, 472 U.S. 320 (1985)?
Whether the Florida Supreme Court's plurality decision rejecting Mr. Reynolds' Caldwell v. Mississippi, 472 U.S. 320 (1985) claim is error. The jury was affirmatively misled regarding its role in the sentencing process so as to diminish its sense of responsibility