No. 25A118
Byron Lewis Black v. Tennessee
Tags: atkins-claim death-penalty eighth-amendment intellectual-disability iq-scores medical-standards
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Question Presented (from Petition)
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Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits the execution of an individual with intellectual disability when their IQ scores and diagnostic evidence demonstrate significant cognitive impairment
Docket Entries
2025-08-04
Application (25A118) referred to the Court.
2025-08-04
Application (25A118) 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.
2025-07-31
Reply of applicant Byron Black filed.
2025-07-28
Application (25A118) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
Attorneys
Byron Black
Kelley Jane Henry — Federal Public Defender Middle Dist TN, Petitioner