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In Re Rexford Tweed

Paid petition


Certiorari denied · April 19, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

V > V.7(rna8e '20/12/12 A61D011013714 120707 '20/12/12 QUESTION ONE There exists exceptional circumstances of a United States Constitutional magnitude, wherein, based on substantive United States Supreme and other Federal Courts findings and dicta, the life portion of Florida Capital Criminal sentencing statute §775.082 (1) and (6) (1987) is an “indeterminate” prison sentence and was created by the Florida Legislature in direct CONFLICT with the Florida Constitution Article I, Section 17, that “forbids” indefinite prison sentences. In this habeas corpus cause of action, indefinite and indeterminate are synonymous. This legal fact, in accordance with this Court in Smiley v Holm, 285 U.S. 355, 368 (1932), is in direct CONFLICT with the Constitution of the United States. This creates a habeas corpus constitutional action as to whether the life portion of Florida sentencing statute §775.082 (1) and (6) (1987), to which Petitioner [and approximately 4,000 other current Florida prisoners are incarcerated], is unconstitutional under the United States Constitution and whether Petitioner is confined in the State of Florida in direct violation of the laws and Constitution of the United States. 1 4 inn /4A a r\ * a *r\ a-t a-?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Rexford Tweed

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Apr 19 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 24 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.
  3. Dec 29 2020
    Petition for writ of habeas corpus filed.