Andrew Richard Lukehart v. State of Florida

Summary

The Supreme Court of Florida affirmed the summary denial of Andrew Richard Lukehart's third successive postconviction motion and the denial of his public-records demands, and denied his motion for a stay of his June 2, 2026 execution. The court held that his as-applied and facial Eighth Amendment challenges to Florida's three-drug lethal injection protocol were untimely and meritless because his kidney disease created no substantial and imminent risk of needless suffering and he identified no known and available alternative method of execution. His due-process challenge to the thirty-two-day warrant period failed under precedent sustaining expedited warrant litigation, and the circuit court did not abuse its discretion in denying additional records requests unrelated to a colorable postconviction claim.