No. 23A402
Tags: constitutional-challenge death-penalty eighth-amendment execution-stay irreparable-harm supreme-court-alabama
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment
DueProcess Punishment
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Question Presented (from Petition)
Question not identified.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Eighth Amendment permits the execution of a death row inmate where there are substantial legal challenges to the method of execution or underlying conviction
Docket Entries
2023-11-16
Application (23A402) referred to the Court.
2023-11-16
Application (23A402) for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Thomas and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
2023-11-09
Reply of applicant Casey McWhorter filed.
2023-11-07
Response to application from respondent Alabama filed.
2023-11-01
Application (23A402) for stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Attorneys
Casey McWhorter
Benjamin E. Rosenberg — Dechert LLP, Petitioner
State of Alabama
James Roy Houts — Respondent