Clarence Wayne Dixon v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry
DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
(1) Does Panetti v. Quarterman, 551 U.S. 930 (2007) foreclose a schizophrenic prisoner from demonstrating that non-bizarre delusions obstruct his rational understanding of the State's reason for his execution?
(2) Did the state court contravene and unreasonably apply Panetti v. Quarterman, 551 U.S. 930 (2007), when it failed to consider evidence of non-bizarre delusions that qualify as "delusions" under the diagnostic criteria in assessing whether a schizophrenic prisoner is mentally competent to be executed under the Eighth Amendment?
Does Panetti v. Quarterman foreclose a schizophrenic prisoner from demonstrating that non-bizarre delusions obstruct his rational understanding of the State's reason for his execution?