Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether the Due Process Clause and the Eighth Amendment require that a jury, as the sentencer in a capital case, be told the truth about the effect of a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity and a capital defendant allowed to voir dire potential jurors about their ability to render this verdict.
2. Whether a roadblock conducted by two bored police officers with minimal oversight and excessive discretion violated the Fourth Amendment.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Due Process Clause and the Eighth Amendment require that a jury, as the sentencer in a capital case, be told the truth about the effect of a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity and a capital defendant allowed to voir dire potential jurors about their ability to render this verdict
2024-02-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/23/2024.
2024-02-02
Reply of petitioner Timothy Ray Jones, Jr. filed.
2024-01-22
Brief of respondent South Carolina in opposition filed.
2023-12-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 22, 2024.
2023-12-14
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 21, 2023 to January 22, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-11-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 21, 2023)
2023-09-28
Application (23A275) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until November 16, 2023.
2023-09-18
Application (23A275) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 17, 2023 to November 16, 2023, submitted to The Chief Justice.