No. 23-7791
IFP
Tags: capital-punishment capital-punishment-eligibility death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment future-dangerousness jury-determination post-conviction-review
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
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Question Presented (from Petition)
When a state conditions a capital defendant's eligibility to be sentenced to death on a jury's determination of "future dangerousness," can the state refuse to recognize challenges to the accuracy of the jury's determination as cognizable grounds for post-conviction review?
Does it violate the protections of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution to execute an individual who does not meet the eligibility criteria for a sentence of death under state law?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Can a state refuse to recognize challenges to the accuracy of a jury's determination of 'future dangerousness' as cognizable grounds for postconviction review?
Docket Entries
2024-06-26
Reply of Ramiro Gonzales submitted.
2024-06-26
Petition DENIED.
2024-06-26
Application (23A1146) referred to the Court.
2024-06-26
Application (23A1146) for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
2024-06-26
Reply of petitioner Ramiro Gonzales filed.
2024-06-25
Brief of Texas in opposition submitted.
2024-06-25
Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed.
2024-06-24
Application (23A1146) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Alito.
2024-06-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 24, 2024)
2024-06-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed.
Attorneys
Ramiro Gonzales
Raoul D. Schonemann — University of Texas School of Law, Petitioner
Texas
Matthew Dennis Ottoway — Assistant Attorney General, Respondent