No. 20-7615
IFP
Tags: capital-case constitutional-claims criminal-procedure death-penalty equal-protection florida-supreme-court fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus penalty-phase procedural-history retroactivity supreme-court-review
Key Terms:
DueProcess
DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2021-06-10
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether Petitioner was denied equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution when the Florida Supreme Court declined to apply an established rule of law regarding a new penalty phase proceeding retroactively even though it had done so in similarly situated cases?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Petitioner was denied equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution when the Florida Supreme Court declined to apply an established rule of law regarding a new penalty phase proceeding retroactively even though it had done so in similarly situated cases
Docket Entries
2021-06-14
Petition DENIED.
2021-05-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/10/2021.
2021-05-11
Reply of petitioner Duane E. Owen filed.
2021-04-29
Brief of respondent Florida in opposition filed.
2021-03-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 30, 2021)
Attorneys
Duane E. Owen
Duane Eugene Owen — Petitioner
Florida
Celia A. Terenzio — Respondent