FERRIER v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION JEROME FERRIER, Petitioner, v. CASE NO. 4:17cv178-RH-EMT FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent. _________________________________/ ORDER DENYING THE PETITION AND GRANTING A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY A Florida state-court jury convicted the petitioner Jerome Ferrier on six counts of attempted first-degree murder. The minimum mandatory sentence was life in prison because the victims—the six individuals Mr. Ferrier attempted to murder—were law enforcement officers engaged in the lawful…