Truehill v. Florida

Petition for certiorari denied on October 16, 2017

Docket No.	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
16-9448	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2017

Issue: (1) Whether, when a Florida jury recommended a death sentence before the Supreme Court decided Hurst v. Florida and none of the findings required by Hurst were made, the error can be deemed harmless under Chapman v. California, or whether the recommendation simply does not amount to the jury verdict the Sixth Amendment requires; and (2) whether the death-sentencing procedures in this case complied with the Eighth Amendment, when the jury was repeatedly advised by the court that its advisory sentencing recommendation was nonbinding.

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Court adds four new cases to merits docket (Amy Howe, October 16, 2017)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
05/24/2017	Application (16A1172) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 24, 2017 to June 13, 2017, submitted to Justice Thomas.
06/02/2017	Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 6, 2017)
06/05/2017	Application (16A1172) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until June 13, 2017.
07/03/2017	Brief of respondent Florida in opposition filed.
07/20/2017	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 25, 2017.
10/02/2017	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2017.
10/10/2017	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/13/2017.
10/16/2017	Petition DENIED. Justice Breyer, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion). Justice Sotomayor, with whom Justice Ginsburg and Justice Breyer join, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)