No. 21-550

Tyrone Christopher Thompson v. Alabama

Lower Court: Alabama
Docketed: 2021-10-14
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 14th-amendment affirmative-defense complete-defense due-process expert-testimony fourteenth-amendment meaningful-opportunity-to-present-defense mental-disease mental-disease-or-defect pre-trial-hearing
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-12-03
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does precluding a defendant from presenting any evidence of an affirmative defense of mental disease or defect to a jury based solely on conflicting expert testimony at a pre-trial hearing violate the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee that an accused have a meaningful opportunity to present a complete defense.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does precluding a defendant from presenting any evidence of an affirmative defense of mental disease or defect to a jury based solely on conflicting expert testimony at a pre-trial hearing violate the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee that an accused have a meaningful opportunity to present a complete defense?

Docket Entries

2021-12-06
Petition DENIED.
2021-11-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/3/2021.
2021-11-12
Waiver of right of respondent Alabama to respond filed.
2021-10-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 15, 2021)

Attorneys

Alabama
Beth Slate PoeAL Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Tyrone Christopher Thompson
Adam Baker BanksWeil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Petitioner