Leonard P. Gonzalez, Jr. v. State of Florida

Summary

The court denied Gonzalez’s petition seeking immediate review of a circuit court ruling that Florida’s amended death-penalty statute would apply at his future penalty phase. It held that prohibition was unavailable because the circuit court had jurisdiction to conduct the penalty phase, and that all-writs authority could not expand the court’s appellate jurisdiction or justify nonfinal review. The court noted that Gonzalez could raise his statutory and constitutional arguments in a later appeal if a death sentence were imposed.