No. 25-5129
Byron Lewis Black v. Tennessee
Tags: common-law-prohibition competency-to-execute cruel-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment ford-standard mental-incompetency
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Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether a state may refuse to provide a process by which a state inmate may prove that he is not competent to be executed because he meets the common law standard for the protection of "idiots"?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a state may refuse to provide a process by which a state inmate may prove that he is not competent to be executed because he meets the common law standard for the protection of 'idiots'
Docket Entries
2025-08-04
Petition DENIED.
2025-08-04
Application (25A65) referred to the Court.
2025-08-04
Application (25A65) for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Kavanaugh and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
2025-07-21
Reply of Byron Black submitted.
2025-07-21
Reply of petitioner Byron Black filed.
2025-07-18
Brief of State of Tennessee in opposition submitted.
2025-07-18
Brief of respondent Tennessee in opposition filed.
2025-07-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed.
2025-07-15
Application (25A65) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
Attorneys
Byron Black
Kelley Jane Henry — FPD, Middle District of Tennessee, Petitioner
State of Tennessee
Nicholas White Spangler — Office of Tennessee Attorney General, Respondent