No. 24A523

Willie R. Burgess, Jr. v. Alabama

Lower Court: Alabama
Docketed: 2024-11-27
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: capital-murder death-penalty eighth-amendment evidentiary-hearing postconviction state-review
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eighth Amendment permits the imposition of a death sentence following a capital murder conviction where the defendant was denied an evidentiary hearing on critical postconviction claims

Docket Entries

2024-12-02
Application (24A523) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until January 25, 2025.
2024-11-25
Application (24A523) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 26, 2024 to February 24, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Willie R. Burgess, Jr.
Ty AlperUniversity of California, Berkeley School of Law, Petitioner