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Timothy W. Fletcher v. Florida

IFP petition · Supreme Court of Florida, No. SC2023-0058 · judgment July 17, 2025


Certiorari denied · January 12, 2026

Question presented

Whether the Florida Legislature’s expansion of the applicability of our statute’s “aggravating factors” requirements, Section 921.141(6), Florida Statutes (2023), together with the Florida Supreme Court’s recent decision in Lawrence v. State, 308 So. 3d 544, (Fla. 2020), completely doing away with proportionality review in all death sentences, has now rendered Florida’s entire death penalty scheme unconstitutional as applied, in that it does not sufficiently narrow the class of death-eligible first-degree murders?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
John M. Selden
Office of the Public Defender

For respondent
Scott Andrew Browne
Office of the Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 12 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 04 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
  3. Nov 13 2025
    Brief of respondent Florida in opposition filed.
  4. Oct 14 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 20, 2025)