Case Name: Michael A. HERNANDEZ, Jr., Petitioner, v. Julie L. JONES, etc., Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2017-05-11
Citations: 217 So. 3d 1032
Docket Number: No. SC17-440
Parties: Michael A. HERNANDEZ, Jr., Petitioner, v. Julie L. JONES, etc., Respondent.
Judges: LABARGA, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, and QUINCE, JJ., concur. CANADY, POLSTON, and LAWSON, JJ., dissent.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 217
Pages: 1032–1033

Head Matter:
Michael A. HERNANDEZ, Jr., Petitioner, v. Julie L. JONES, etc., Respondent.
No. SC17-440
Supreme Court of Florida.
[May 11, 2017]
Curtis M. French, Tallahassee, Florida; and Billy H. Ñolas, Chief, Capital Habeas Unit, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida, for Petitioner
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Charmaine Millsaps, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, for Respondent

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Petitioner, Michael A. Hernandez, Jr., has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus, challenging the constitutionality of his death sentence, which was based upon a nonunanimous jury recommendation. See Hernandez v. State, 4 So.3d 642, 654 (Fla. 2009). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(9), Fla. Const. Because Hernandez's sentence became final after Ring v. Arizona, 536 U.S. 584, 122 S.Ct. 2428, 153 L.Ed.2d 556 (2002), he is entitled to relief. See Mosley v. State, 209 So.3d 1248 (Fla. 2016). Accordingly, we grant the petition, vacate the sentence of death, and remand this case for a new penalty phase proceeding.
It is so ordered.
LABARGA, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, and QUINCE, JJ., concur. CANADY, POLSTON, and LAWSON, JJ., dissent.