No. 19-7772October Term 2019Decided Apr 27, 2020
Barron v. Inch
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed in the Supreme Court by an indigent petitioner, seeking review of a decision from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
Case status
- Current stage
- Decided
- Latest event
- Decision released Apr 27, 2020
- What it's about
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed in the Supreme Court by an indigent petitioner, seeking review of a decision from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
Question presented
1. Whether the Florida Supreme Court’s decision in Asay v. State, 210 So. 3d 1 (Fla. 2016), which held that Hurst v. Florida, 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016), does not apply retroactively to cases that were final before Ring v. Arizona, 536 U.S. 584 (2002), violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. 2. Whether the Florida Supreme Court’s refusal to apply Hurst retroactively to all death-sentenced defendants violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit / Decision released Apr 27, 2020
- Area
Decided Supreme Court case
Timing
Decided April 27, 2020
The Court released its decision on April 27, 2020 without hearing oral argument.
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Grounding
- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Jul 25, 2026
- Method
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