No. 18-7568
Richard Earl Shere, Jr. v. Florida
IFP
Tags: co-defendant constitutional-review death-penalty equal-protection equal-protection,death-penalty,sentencing,retroact hurst-v-florida mccloud-v-state retroactivity ring-v-arizona sentencing-disparity
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Punishment
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Punishment
Latest Conference:
2019-03-29
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether Mr. Shere's case is no longer one of the most aggravated and least mitigated following Hurst v. Florida and he should have been convicted of a lesser degree of murder?
2. Whether Mr. Shere's death sentences violates equal protection based on his co-defendant's life sentence, made worse by the Florida Supreme Court's arbitrary and capricious retroactivity split based on Ring v. Arizona.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Mr. Shere's case is no longer one of the most aggravated and least mitigated following Hurst v. Florida and McCloud v. State
Docket Entries
2019-04-01
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2019.
2019-03-07
Reply of petitioner Richard Shere filed.
2019-02-22
Brief of respondent State of Florida in opposition filed.
2019-01-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 25, 2019)
Attorneys
Richard Shere
State of Florida
Carolyn M. Snurkowski — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent