Party Name:
FLORIDA, Petitioner, v. Kevin Dewayne POWELL.
Attorney:
Joseph W. Jacquot, Tampa, FL, for petitioner. David O'Neil, Tampa, FL, for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioner. Deborah K. Brueckheimer, Bartow, FL, for respondent. Bill McCollum, Attorney General of Florida, Joseph W. Jacquot, Deputy Attor...
Judge Panel:
GINSBURG, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C.J., and Scalia, KENNEDY, THOMAS, ALITO, and SOTOMAYOR, JJ., joined, and in which BREYER, J., joined as to Part II. STEVENS, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which BREYER, J., joined as to Part II. Justice Stevens, with whom J...