No. 20-6023

Carlos Anderson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2020-10-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-review eighth-amendment graham-v-florida juvenile-sentencing life-sentence procedural-bar state-court-decisional-law state-court-law
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Immigration
Latest Conference: 2020-12-11
Question Presented (from Petition)

Can the Florida Supreme Court use state court decisional law to procedurally bar a non-homicide juvenile defendant from seeking relief from an illegal life sentence that has been declared a violation of the Eighth Amendment of the U. S. Constitution by this Court in Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48 (2010)?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can the Florida Supreme Court use state court decisional law to procedurally bar a non-homicide juvenile defendant from seeking relief from an illegal life sentence that has been declared a violation of the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution by this Court in Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48 (2010)?

Docket Entries

2020-12-14
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/11/2020.
2020-11-17
Waiver of right of respondent Inch, Sec., FL DOC to respond filed.
2020-05-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 16, 2020)

Attorneys

Carlos Anderson
Carlos Anderson — Petitioner
Inch, Sec., FL DOC
Carla Suzanne BechardOffice of the Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondent