Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Hurst v. Florida
135 S. Ct. 1531
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 2015-03-09
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- limiting review to the constitutionality of Florida's death penalty sentencing scheme
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- Authority status
- pending
- Cited by
- 11 opinions
Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperisgranted. 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).