Tahina Corcoran, as next friend on behalf of Joseph E. Corcoran v. Ron Neal, Warden
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Punishment Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
1. May a state court dispose of an evidentiarily-supported incompetency to be executed claim under Ford v. Wainwright, 477 U.S. 399 (1986), and Panetti v. Quarterman, 551 U.S. 903 (2007), because the state court found the condemned competent 20 years ago under the Dusky v. United States, 362 U.S. 402 (1960), and Rees v. Peyton, 384 U.S. 312 (1966)?
2. Does a state court violate the due process principles of Panetti when it relies on evidence to find the condemned competent without providing an adequate means for the condemned to submit psychiatric evidence contextualizing or rebutting that evidence?
3. Can the Seventh Circuit constrain this Court's holding in Brumfield v. Cain, 576 U.S. 305 (2015), which endorsed that a federal court assessing the weight a state court provided certain evidence may be properly made under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(2)?
May a state court dispose of an evidentiarily-supported incompetency to be executed claim under Ford v. Wainwright and Panetti v. Quarterman despite finding the condemned competent 20 years ago?