No. 25A65
Byron Lewis Black v. Tennessee
Tags: capital-punishment common-law-tradition competency-to-be-executed eighth-amendment evolving-standards-of-decency intellectual-disability
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Question Presented (from Petition)
Question not identified.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits the execution of a defendant with significantly subaverage intellectual functioning, profound memory deficits, and inability to manage his own affairs, consistent with the common law prohibition on executing 'idiots' recognized at the Founding
Docket Entries
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.
2025-07-15
Application (25A65) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
Attorneys
Black
Kelley Jane Henry — FPD, Middle District of Tennessee, Petitioner