No. 23A1146
Tags: capital-murder death-penalty eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment future-dangerousness jury-determination
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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)
Whether the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments prohibit executing a capital defendant who may not meet state-law eligibility criteria for the death penalty based on challenges to the jury's 'future dangerousness' determination
Docket Entries
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.
2024-06-24
Application (23A1146) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Alito.
Attorneys
Ramiro Gonzales
Raoul D. Schonemann — University of Texas School of Law, Petitioner
State of Texas
Matthew Dennis Ottoway — Assistant Attorney General, Respondent