No. 22-580
John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections v. Kenneth Eugene Smith
Relisted (9)
Experienced Counsel
Tags: alternative-method comity death-penalty eighth-amendment feasibility finality method-of-execution nitrogen-hypoxia
Key Terms:
Punishment
Punishment
Latest Conference:
2023-05-11
(distributed 9 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
In an Eighth Amendment method-of-execution case, is an alternative method of execution feasible and readily implemented merely because the executing State has statutorily authorized the method?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether an alternative method of execution is feasible and readily implemented merely because the executing State has statutorily authorized the method
Docket Entries
2023-05-15
Petition DENIED. Justice Thomas, with whom Justice Alito joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/22-580_8o6a.pdf'>Opinion</a>)
2023-05-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/11/2023.
2023-04-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/28/2023.
2023-04-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/21/2023.
2023-04-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2023.
2023-03-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/31/2023.
2023-03-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/24/2023.
2023-03-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/17/2023.
2023-03-01
Rescheduled.
2023-02-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/3/2023.
2023-02-22
Rescheduled.
2023-02-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/24/2023.
2023-02-06
Reply of petitioner John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections filed. (Distributed)
2023-01-23
Brief of respondent Kenneth Eugene Smith in opposition filed.
2022-12-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 23, 2023)
Attorneys
John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections
Edmund Gerard LaCour Jr. — Office of the Attorney General, Petitioner
Kenneth Eugene Smith
Robert M. Grass — Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Respondent