No. 24-5904

Allen Ward Cox v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2024-11-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: brain-damage cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment evolving-standards medical-condition mental-impairment
Latest Conference: 2025-01-10
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the Petitioner's medical condition which includes brain damage
and dementia that results in impulse control deficits, impaired executive function
and emotional dysregulation, would subject Petitioner to cruel and unusual
punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
if he is executed, based on evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a
maturing society.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Petitioner's medical condition involving brain damage and dementia constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment based on evolving standards of decency

Docket Entries

2025-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2024-12-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-11-22
Brief of respondent Florida in opposition filed.
2024-10-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 4, 2024)
2024-10-02
Application (24A318) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until November 8, 2024.
2024-09-30
Application (24A318) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 9, 2024 to December 8, 2024, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Allen Cox
David Dixon HendryCapital Collateral Regional Counsel, Petitioner
Florida
Carla Suzanne BechardOffice of the Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondent