No. 24-5192
IFP
Tags: arbitrariness constitutional-proportionality county-geography criminal-sentencing death-penalty eighth-amendment equal-protection geographic-disparity gregg-v-georgia sentencing-disparities
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw Punishment
AdministrativeLaw Punishment
Latest Conference:
2024-11-01
Question Presented (from Petition)
Is Ohio's death penalty being arbitrarily applied in violation of Gregg v. Georgia, when geography dictates whether a defendant will be subject to the death penalty?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Is Ohio's death penalty being arbitrarily applied in violation of Gregg v. Georgia, when geography dictates whether a defendant will be subject to the death penalty?
Docket Entries
2024-11-04
Petition DENIED.
2024-10-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2024.
2024-10-11
Reply of petitioner Matthew Nicholson filed. (Distributed)
2024-09-27
Brief of respondent Ohio in opposition filed.
2024-08-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 30, 2024.
2024-08-14
Motion of Ohio for an extension of time submitted.
2024-08-14
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 30, 2024 to September 30, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-07-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 30, 2024)
Attorneys
Matthew Nicholson
Michelle Eiler Umana — Office of the Ohio Public Defender, Petitioner
Ohio
Daniel Tuyen Van — Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office, Respondent