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No. 19-7606October Term 2019Decided May 4, 2020

Docket 19-7606October Term 2019 (2019–2020)

McKinnon v. Florida

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Florida.

Case status

Current stage
Decided
Latest event
Decision released May 4, 2020
Case Accepted
Arguments
Decision ReleasedMay 4, 2020
What it's about

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Florida. The specific legal issues and facts of the case are not detailed in the available records.

Question presented

Whether the Florida Supreme Court’s decision that Hurst v. Florida, 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016), and Hurst v. State, 202 So. 3d 40 (Fla. 2016), do not apply retroactively to Florida death row inmates whose convictions and sentences were final before Ring v. Arizona, 536 U.S. 584 (2002), violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution?

Case path

Supreme Court of Florida / Decision released May 4, 2020

Area

Decided Supreme Court case

Grounding

Grounding
Primary-source trail available.
Note
Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
Checked
Mar 30, 2026
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