Record returned to the Supreme Court of Florida.

MANDATE ISSUED

JUDGMENT ISSUED

Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Breyer, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion.

Argued. For petitioner: Seth P. Waxman, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Allen Winsor, Solicitor General, Tallahassee, Fla.

Reply of petitioner Timothy Lee Hurst filed. (Distributed)

Record received from the Supreme Court of Florida. 1 Box.

Record requested from the Supreme Court of Florida.

CIRCULATED.

Brief amici curiae of Alabama and Montana filed. (Distributed)

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, October 13, 2015.

Brief of respondent Florida filed.

Brief amici curiae of Former Justices of the Supreme Court of Florida filed.

Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.

Brief amici curiae of Former Florida Circuit Court Judges filed.

Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed.

Brief of petitioner Timothy Lee Hurst filed.

Joint appendix filed (3 volumes). (Statement of costs filed.)

The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including May 28, 2015.

The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 29, 2015.

Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari 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 (2002).

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 6, 2015.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 27, 2015.

MANDATE ISSUED

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 20, 2015.

Brief of respondent Florida in opposition filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 12, 2015)

Timothy Lee Hurst, Petitioner, represented by David A. Davis

Timothy Lee Hurst, Petitioner, represented by Seth P. Waxman

Florida, Respondent, represented by Carolyn M. Snurkowski

Florida, Respondent, represented by Allen C. Winsor

Alabama and Montana, Amicus Curiae, represented by Andrew L. Brasher

American Bar Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by William C. Hubbard

American Civil Liberties Union, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Brian W. Stull

Former Florida Circuit Court Judges, Amicus Curiae, represented by Sonya Rudenstine

Former Justices of the Supreme Court of Florida, Amicus Curiae, represented by Karen M. Gottlieb