No. 18-7912
Eriese Alphonso Tisdale v. Florida
IFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment 8th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights death-penalty double-jeopardy due-process jury jury-vote statutory-amendment statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference:
2019-04-12
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether the Florida Supreme Court's failure to apply a statutory amendment,
Chapter 2016-13, Laws of Florida, which required a vote of no less than 10
jurors to impose the death penalty to a 9-3 vote and where sentence was
imposed after the effective date of the amendment, violates due process and
double jeopardy under the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Florida Supreme Court's failure to apply a statutory amendment violates due process and double jeopardy
Docket Entries
2019-04-15
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
2019-03-14
Brief of respondent State of Florida in opposition filed.
2019-02-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 14, 2019)
Attorneys
Eriese Tisdale
Jeffrey H. Garland — Jeffrey H. Garland, P.A., Petitioner
State of Florida
Carolyn M. Snurkowski — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent