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Timothy Lee HURST, petitioner, v. FLORIDA.
135 S. Ct. 1531191 L. Ed. 2d 558·Supreme Court of the United States·2015
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Opinion
Timothy Lee HURST, petitioner,
v.
FLORIDA.
No. 14-7505.
Supreme Court of the United States
March 9, 2015.
Opinion
[MAJORITY]
Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperisgranted. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Florida 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, 122 S.Ct. 2428, 153 L.Ed.2d 556 (2002).