No. 23A93

Johnny Johnson v. David Vandergriff, Warden

Lower Court: Missouri
Docketed: 2023-07-31
Status: Denied
Type: A
Tags: death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment habeas-corpus mental-illness panetti-competency
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eighth Amendment and Due Process Clause prohibit executing a prisoner who, due to severe mental illness, lacks rational understanding of the reason for his execution, and whether a state court must provide an evidentiary hearing before a neutral fact-finder to determine competency to be executed under Panetti v. Quaterman

Docket Entries

2023-08-01
Application (23A93) referred to the Court.
2023-08-01
Application (23A93) for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Kavanaugh and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
2023-07-31
Application (23A93) for stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

David Vandergriff, Superintendent
Gregory Michael GoodwinMissouri Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Johnny Johnson
Kent E. GipsonLaw Office of Kent Gipson, LLC, Petitioner