No. 23-7792

In Re Ramiro Felix Gonzales

Lower Court: N/A
Docketed: 2024-06-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: capital-punishment constitutional-review death-penalty eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment future-dangerousness post-conviction-review state-law
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

(1) Does it violate 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?

(2) 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?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does it violate the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to execute an individual who does not meet the eligibility criteria for a sentence of death under state law?

Docket Entries

2024-06-26
Reply of Ramiro Gonzales submitted.
2024-06-26
Petition DENIED.
2024-06-26
Application (23A1147) referred to the Court.
2024-06-26
Application (23A1147) 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 habeas corpus is denied.
2024-06-26
Reply of petitioner Ramiro Gonzales filed.
2024-06-25
Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed.
2024-06-24
Petition for writ of habeas corpus and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed.
2024-06-24
Application (23A1147) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Ramiro Gonzales
Raoul D. SchonemannUniversity of Texas School of Law, Petitioner
Texas
Matthew Dennis OttowayAssistant Attorney General, Respondent