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No. 19-7920October Term 2019Decided May 18, 2020

Docket 19-7920October Term 2019 (2019–2020)

Johnson v. Inch

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari and a motion to proceed as a pauper filed by Johnson against Inch, likely challenging a decision by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Case status

Current stage
Decided
Latest event
Decision released May 18, 2020
Case Accepted
Arguments
Decision ReleasedMay 18, 2020
What it's about

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari and a motion to proceed as a pauper filed by Johnson against Inch, likely challenging a decision by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Question presented

1. Whether the Florida Supreme Court's decision to apply Hurst v. Florida, 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016), and Hurst v. State, 202 So. 3d 40 (Fla. 2016), retroactively to some Florida death row prisoners but not to others, based on the date their sentences became final, violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. 2. Whether the Florida Supreme Court's decision to apply Hurst retroactively to some Florida death row prisoners but not to others, based on the date their sentences became final, violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Case path

United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit / Decision released May 18, 2020

Area

Civil Rights

Grounding

Grounding
Primary-source trail available.
Note
Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
Checked
Mar 31, 2026
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