No. 19-6331

Joseren Deshune Delancy v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2019-10-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: batson-framework Batson-v-Kentucky civil-rights constitutional-challenge equal-protection mccleskey-v-kemp prima-facie-case racial-discrimination sentencing sentencing-bias supreme-court-precedent
Latest Conference: 2019-11-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether this Court should overrule McCleskey v. Kemp, 481 U.S. 279 (1987), and adopt the Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), framework that a defendant may establish a prima facie case of racial discrimination in sentencing by showing that the totality of the relevant facts gives rise to an inference of discriminatory purpose?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether this Court should overrule McCleskey v. Kemp, 481 U.S. 279 (1987), and adopt the Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), framework

Docket Entries

2019-11-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2019.
2019-10-23
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2019-10-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 21, 2019)

Attorneys

Florida
Celia A. Terenzio — Respondent
Joseren Deshune Delancy
Paul Edward PetilloOffice of the Public Defender, Petitioner