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Bundy v. State

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  • 497 So. 2d 1209

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  • stating that it is not this Court‟s “prerogative to second-guess the application of this exclusive executive function”
  • rejecting the defendant’s claim that he must be allowed time to prepare and present an application for executive clemency before his death sentence may be carried out
  • “[T]his Court has always viewed the - 16 - pardon powers expressed in the Constitution as being peculiarly within the domain of the executive branch of government.” (quoting In re Advisory Op. of the Governor, 334 So. 2d 561, 562-63 (Fla. 1976))
  • “We cannot say that the executive branch was required to go through the motions of holding a second proceeding when it could well have properly determined in the first that appellant was not and never would be a likely candidate for executive clemency.”

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Judges: Adkins

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