No. 21-5232
IFP
Tags: caldwell-v-mississippi capital-punishment capital-sentencing constitutional-decency due-process eighth-amendment evolving-standards-of-decency jury-recommendation jury-trial sixth-amendment
Latest Conference:
2021-10-08
Question Presented (from Petition)
Is Ohio's capital sentencing scheme, which permits telling the jury that their decision is only a mere recommendation, unconstitutional under Hurst v. Florida?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Is Ohio's capital sentencing scheme, which permits telling the jury that their decision is only a mere recommendation, unconstitutional under Hurst v. Florida?
Docket Entries
2021-10-12
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
2021-08-30
Brief of respondent Ohio in opposition filed.
2021-07-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 30, 2021)
Attorneys
Duane Short
Erika Marie LaHote — Office of the Ohio Public Defender, Petitioner
State of Ohio
Andrew Thomas French — Montgomery County Prosecutor's Office, Respondent