Legal Opinion

Ventura v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided January 29, 2009No. SC08-60PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Per curiam

This case is before the Court on appeal from an order summarily denying Peter Ventura’s most recent successive postcon-viction motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851. Through this motion, Ventura challenges the mode of his eventual execution (i.e., lethal injection).1 Ventura has also filed a pro se all-writs petition seeking the removal of his appointed Capital Collateral Regional Counsel (“CCRC”) attorney. We possess and exercise our jurisdiction to resolve these claims. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), (7), Fla. Const. As explained in our analysis, we reject each of…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  2. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Marks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Marks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. Baze v. ReesSupreme Court of the United States · 2008

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3Cited by46 opinions

  1. Jackson v. DanbergCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2010
  2. Schoenwetter v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2010
  3. Hurst v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2009
  4. Johnston v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2010
  5. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2009

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