No. 24-6847
Richard Darren Emery v. Missouri
IFP
Tags: death-penalty due-process fourteenth-amendment impartiality religious-consideration sentencing
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment
DueProcess Punishment
Latest Conference:
2025-06-26
Question Presented (from Petition)
Does a sentencing court violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment when it invokes a defendant's lack of spirituality—while crediting the religious faith of others—as part of its rationale for imposing a death sentence?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does a sentencing court violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment when it invokes a defendant's lack of spirituality—while crediting the religious faith of others—as part of its rationale for imposing a death sentence?
Docket Entries
2025-06-30
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/26/2025.
2025-06-05
Reply of Richard Emery submitted.
2025-06-05
Reply of petitioner Richard Darren Emery filed.
2025-05-23
Brief of Missouri in opposition submitted.
2025-05-23
Brief of respondent Missouri in opposition filed.
2025-04-24
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 27, 2025.
2025-04-22
Motion of Missouri for an extension of time submitted.
2025-04-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 24, 2025 to May 27, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-03-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 24, 2025)
Attorneys
Missouri
Evan Joseph Buchheim — Atty Gen. of Missouri, Respondent
Richard Emery
Samuel Edward Buffaloe — Missouri State Public Defender, Petitioner