No. 19-8764
James William Burney v. Florida
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-provision due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment retroactive-application sentencing sentencing-law state-constitution voter-intent
Key Terms:
DueProcess
DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process and Equal Protection protections requires enactment legislation for a state constitutional provision to become effective.
Whether the state courts denied Petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment Due Process and Equal Protection right to be resentenced to contemporary law in keeping with the voter's intent.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process and Equal Protection protections requires enactment legislation for a state constitutional provision to become effective
Docket Entries
2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-09
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2020-06-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 20, 2020)
Attorneys
Florida
James W. Burney
James William Burney — Petitioner