Legal Opinion
Aramis Donell Ayala, etc. v. Rick Scott, Governor
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided August 31, 2017No. SC17-653PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLawson, J.
Aramis Donell Ayala, State Attorney for Florida’s Ninth Judicial Circuit, petitions this Court for a writ of quo warranto, challenging Governor Rick Scott’s authority under section 27.14(1), Florida Statutes (2016), to reassign the prosecution of death-penalty eligible cases in the Ninth Circuit to Brad King, State Attorney for Florida’s Fifth Judicial Circuit. We have jurisdiction. See article V, § 3(b)(8), Fla. Const,- For the reasons below, we deny Ayala’s petition.
BACKGROUND
At a March 15, 2017, press conference, Ayala announced that she “will not be seeking [the] death penalty in the…
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