No. 14-7505     *** CAPITAL CASE ***  
Title:
Timothy Lee Hurst, Petitioner
v.
Florida
Docketed:December 12, 2014
Lower Ct:Supreme Court of Florida
  Case Nos.:(SC12-1947)
  Decision Date:May 1, 2014
  Rehearing Denied:September 4, 2014
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dec 3 2014 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 12, 2015)
Jan 12 2015 Brief of respondent Florida in opposition filed.
Jan 29 2015 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 20, 2015.
Feb 16 2015 MANDATE ISSUED
Feb 23 2015 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 27, 2015.
Mar 2 2015 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 6, 2015.
Mar 9 2015 Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari 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 (2002).
Apr 7 2015 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including May 28, 2015.
Apr 7 2015 The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 29, 2015.
May 28 2015 Joint appendix filed (3 volumes). (Statement of costs filed.)
May 28 2015 Brief of petitioner Timothy Lee Hurst filed.
Jun 4 2015 Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.
Jun 4 2015 Brief amici curiae of Former Justices of the Supreme Court of Florida filed.
Jun 4 2015 Brief amici curiae of Former Florida Circuit Court Judges filed.
Jun 4 2015 Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed.
Jul 29 2015 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, October 13, 2015.
Jul 29 2015 Brief of respondent Florida filed.
Aug 5 2015 Brief amici curiae of Alabama and Montana filed. (Distributed)
Aug 7 2015 CIRCULATED.
Aug 12 2015 Record requested from the Supreme Court of Florida.
Aug 25 2015 Record received from the Supreme Court of Florida. 1 Box.
Aug 28 2015 Reply of petitioner Timothy Lee Hurst filed. (Distributed)
Oct 13 2015 Argued. For petitioner: Seth P. Waxman, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Allen Winsor, Solicitor General, Tallahassee, Fla.
Jan 12 2016 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Breyer, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
Feb 16 2016 JUDGMENT ISSUED
Feb 16 2016 MANDATE ISSUED
Feb 22 2016 Record returned to the Supreme Court of Florida.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Seth P. Waxman Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP(202) 663-6000
    Counsel of Record1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
seth.waxman@wilmerhale.com
Party name: Timothy Lee Hurst
 
David A. Davis Assistant Public Defender(850) 606-8500
Leon County Courthouse
301 South Monroe Street
Suite 401
Tallahassee, FL  32301
Party name: Timothy Lee Hurst
Attorneys for Respondent:
Carolyn M. Snurkowski Associate Deputy Attorney General(850) 414-3300
Office of the Attorney General
Capital Appeals
The Capitol, PL-01
Tallahassee, FL  32399-1050
carolyn.snurkowski@myfloridalegal.com
Party name: Florida
 
Allen C. Winsor Solicitor General(850) 414-3600
Office of the Attorney General
The Capitol, PL-01
Tallahassee, FL  32399-1050
allen.winsor@myfloridalegal.com
Party name: Florida
Other:
Andrew L. Brasher Deputy Solicitor General(334) 353-2609
Office of Alabama Attorney General
501 Washington Avenue
Montgomery, AL  36130
abrasher@ago.state.al.us
Party name: Alabama and Montana
 
Karen M. Gottlieb Florida Center for Capital Representation
at Florida International University College of Law
11200 S.W. 8th Street RDB 1010
Miami, FL  33199
kgottlie@fiu.edu
Party name: Former Justices of the Supreme Court of Florida
 
William C. Hubbard American Bar Association(312) 988-5000
321 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL  60654
abapresident@americanbar.org
Party name: American Bar Association
 
Sonya Rudenstine 2531 NW 41st Street(352) 374-0604
Suite E
Gainesville, FL  32606
srudenstine@yahoo.com
Party name: Former Florida Circuit Court Judges
 
Brian W. Stull American Civil Liberties Union Foundation(919) 682-9469
201 W. Main Street, Suite 402
Durham, NC  27707
bstull@aclu.org
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, et al.