No. 25A185

Kayle B. Bates v. Florida, et al.

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2025-08-14
Status: Denied
Type: A
Tags: capital-punishment constitutional-protection cruel-and-unusual death-penalty eighth-amendment irreparable-harm
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits the execution of a death row inmate when the state supreme court has denied constitutional protections that safeguard human dignity and prevent arbitrary or cruel punishment

Docket Entries

2025-08-19
Application (25A185) referred to the Court.
2025-08-19
Application (25A185) for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Thomas and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
2025-08-18
Response to application from respondent Florida filed.
2025-08-14
Application (25A185) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Kayle Bates
James L. Driscoll Jr.Capital Collateral Regional Counsel South, Petitioner
State of Florida
Carla Suzanne BechardOffice of the Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondent