Etheria Verdell Jackson v. Florida
I. Whether a jury's advisory recommendation of death which does not identify the specific
aggravators found, nor whether the aggravators were found unanimously by the jury, is sufficient
to determine the death eligibility of a defendant under the Sixth Amendment right by a trial by jury
as interpreted under Hurst v. Florida, 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016)?
II. Whether the Florida Supreme Court violated the Eighth Amendment in affirming Mr.
Jackson's capital sentence because the jury's advisory recommendation of death is insufficient to
establish Mr. Jackson's death eligibility, therefore, making the application of the death penalty an
excessive punishment in this case?
III. Whether the Florida Supreme Court violated the fourteenth Amendment in affirming
Mr. Jackson's capital sentence because not all the critical element of crime were sent to the jury?
Whether a jury's advisory recommendation of death which does not identify the specific aggravators found, nor whether the aggravators were found unanimously by the jury, is sufficient to determine the death eligibility of a defendant under the Sixth Amendment right by a trial by jury as interpreted under Hurst v. Florida, 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016)?