3dbbae6a_rt_decisions___Tampa_Bay_Times__Impact_on_merit_retention
[Case name and date] Delgado vs. State, 8/24/00 [Case summary] Jesus Delgado was found guilty of killing Tomas Rodriguez and wife Violetta in 1990. Delgado later appealed his convictions on two counts of first-degree murder and one count of armed robbery, as well as his death sentence. After the Supreme Court ruling, Delgado received a new trial and again received a death sentence. He is now on Death Row. [Ruling] 4-3. Pariente sided with majority. Lewis and Quince dissented. [What majority said] Justices decided that the lower court had erroneously allowed Delgado to be charged with burglary and that the burglary conviction was used to support a felony murder charge in the case. Deciding that no burglary had taken place, the court said Delgado's two murder convictions were achieved erroneously and he needed a new trial. [Impact on merit retention] 
People who are hoping to get these justices removed from court have used this case as an example of judicial activism because a death penalty conviction was overturned. However, two of the justices in question dissented on this case.
Ahead of merit retention vote, Times/Herald charts controversial Supreme Court decisions | Tampa Bay Times
Impact on merit retention