Quentin Marcus Truehill v. State of Florida

Summary

The Supreme Court of Florida affirmed Quentin Marcus Truehill’s convictions for murder and kidnapping and his death sentence. The opinion addresses, among other issues, a Batson/Neil challenge to a peremptory strike of an African-American juror, whether young adults constitute a cognizable class for jury-selection purposes, evidentiary issues, penalty-phase claims, and the constitutionality of Florida’s death-sentencing scheme after Hurst v. Florida.