No. 23-5171October Term 2023Decided May 28, 2024
Docket 23-5171October Term 2023 (2023–2024)
Cunningham v. Florida
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court regarding a decision by the District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Case status
- Current stage
- Decided
- Latest event
- Decision released May 28, 2024
Case Accepted
Arguments
Decision ReleasedMay 28, 2024
- What it's about
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court regarding a decision by the District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Question presented
Whether the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, as applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment, prohibits the execution of an individual who was under the age of 21 at the time of the offense?
- Case path
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District / Decision released May 28, 2024
- Area
Decided Supreme Court case
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Grounding
- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Mar 30, 2026
- Method
- Methodology