Hurst v. Fla.
| Decision Date | 09 March 2015 |
| Docket Number | No. 14-7505.,14-7505. |
| Citation | 135 S.Ct. 1531,575 U.S. 902 |
| Parties | Timothy Lee HURST, petitioner, v. FLORIDA. |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Florida granted limited to the following question: Whether Florida's death sentencing scheme violates the Sixth Amendment or the Eighth Amendment in light of this Court's decision in Ring v. Arizona, 536 U.S. 584, 122 S.Ct. 2428, 153 L.Ed.2d 556 (2002).
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State v. Poole
...the Sixth Amendment or the Eighth Amendment in light of this Court's decision in Ring v. Arizona." Hurst v. Florida, 575 U.S. 902, 902, 135 S.Ct. 1531, 191 L.Ed.2d 558 (2015). In his briefing to the Supreme Court, Hurst made a Sixth Amendment argument and an Eighth Amendment argument. His S......
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State v. Poole
...the Sixth Amendment or the Eighth Amendment in light of this Court's decision in Ring v. Arizona ." Hurst v. Florida , 575 U.S. 902, 902, 135 S.Ct. 1531, 191 L.Ed.2d 558 (2015).In his briefing to the Supreme Court, Hurst made a Sixth Amendment argument and an Eighth Amendment argument. His ......