Manuel Valle, Appellant(s) v. State of Florida, Appellee(s)

Summary

The court temporarily stayed Valle’s execution and relinquished jurisdiction to permit an evidentiary hearing on whether the prescribed dose of pentobarbital will reliably render him unconscious before the remaining drugs are administered. The court found that Valle’s expert materials and amended motion raised an unresolved factual dispute concerning a substantial risk of serious harm, while deferring all other issues. Chief Justice Canady, dissenting, would have affirmed the summary denial because Valle’s allegations were speculative and did not establish a legally sufficient constitutional claim.