LIGHTBOURNE v. McCOLLUM

No. SC06-2391.

969 So.2d 326 (2007)

Ian Deco LIGHTBOURNE, Petitioner, v. Bill McCOLLUM, etc., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied November 7, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal A. Dupree, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, Suzanne Myers Keffer, Roseanne Eckert, Assistant CCRC and Anna-Liisa Nixon, CCRC Staff Attorney, Southern Region, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for Petitioner.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, Carolyn M. Snurkowski, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, and Kenneth S. Nunnelley, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, Florida, for Respondent.


PER CURIAM.

This case is before the Court on the all writs petition of Ian Deco Lightbourne, challenging Florida's lethal injection procedures after complications occurred in the administration of chemicals during the execution of Angel Diaz on December 13, 2006.1 The main issue in this case is whether Florida's current lethal injection procedures violate the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution.2

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