No. 23-7261
Geary Wayne Walton v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al.
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty eighth-amendment execution mental-illness rational-understanding
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference:
2024-05-23
Question Presented (from Petition)
Question not identified.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits the execution of a prisoner who has a severe mental illness that impairs the prisoner's rational understanding of the reason for the execution
Docket Entries
2024-05-28
Petition DENIED.
2024-05-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/23/2024.
2024-05-03
Waiver of right of respondent Ryan Thornell to respond filed.
2024-01-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 20, 2024)
Attorneys
Geary Walton
Geary Wayne Walton — Petitioner
Ryan Thornell
Jimmy Dale Nielsen — Office of the Arizona Attorney General, Respondent