Legal Opinion

Anthony Joseph Farina v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided September 30, 2013No. 12-13260UnpublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

. PER CURIAM:

Courts have long recognized that the Eighth Amendment carries within it a “heightened ‘need for reliability in the determination that death is the appropriate punishment in a specific case.’ ” Caldwell v. Mississippi, 472 U.S. 320, 323, 105 S.Ct. 2633, 86 L.Ed.2d 231 (1985) (quoting Woodson v. North Carolina, 428 U.S. 280, 305, 96 S.Ct. 2978, 49 L.Ed.2d 944 (1976) (plurality opinion)). One important safeguard of that reliability is a capital sentencing jury that understands “the gravity of its task and proceeds with the appropriate awareness of its ‘truly awesome responsibility.”…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  5. Bell v. ConeSupreme Court of the United States · 2002

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Anthony Joseph Farina v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2016
  2. ABDUL v. CONNERDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 2024
  3. Adams v. Secretary, Department of Corrections (Duval County)District Court, M.D. Florida · 2023
  4. Baptiste v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 2023
  5. Bradwell v. Secretary, Department of Corrections, (Hillsborough County)District Court, M.D. Florida · 2021

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