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Mark Anthony Poole v. Florida
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Florida, No. SC18-245 · judgment January 23, 2020
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
I. Whether the Florida Supreme Court erred in reinstating a capital sentence issued under Florida’s pre-2016 scheme, in contravention of this Court’s holding in Hurst v. Florida, 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016), that such sentences violate the Sixth Amendment because the jury did not make the requisite death-eligibility findings, including that aggravating circumstances outweigh mitigating circumstances. II. Whether the Florida Supreme Court violated the Eighth Amendment in reinstating a capital sentence lacking a unanimous jury recommendation of death and based on a guilt-phase jury finding rendered without awareness of the consequences for capital sentencing. (i)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Ze-wen Julius Chen
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
For respondent
Amitabh Agarwal
Holland & Knight
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jan 11 2021Petition DENIED.
- Dec 23 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
- Dec 22 2020Reply of petitioner Mark Anthony Poole filed. (Distributed)
- Dec 07 2020Brief of respondent State of Florida in opposition filed.
- Nov 24 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 7, 2020.
- Nov 23 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 30, 2020 to December 7, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
- Sep 24 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 30, 2020.
- Sep 23 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 1, 2020 to November 30, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
- Aug 28 2020Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 1, 2020)