Ayala v. Scott
Florida Supreme Court
224 So. 3d 755 (2017)
- Written by Sharon Feldman, JD
Facts
Aramis Ayala (plaintiff) was the state attorney for Florida’s Ninth Judicial Circuit. Ayala announced that she would not be seeking the death penalty in any cases because she did not believe that pursuing death sentences was in the best interest of the community or justice. In response, Governor Rick Scott (defendant) issued executive orders reassigning the prosecution of Ninth Circuit death-penalty-eligible cases to Brad King, the Fifth Judicial Circuit’s state attorney. After failing to obtain a stay of the reassignment orders, Ayala filed a petition for a writ of quo warranto, claiming that Governor Scott’s executive orders exceeded his reassignment authority and violated the separation-of-powers doctrine.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Lawson, J.)
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