federal-death-penalty
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-953 | Brandon Michael Council v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-03-01 | Denied | Amici (3) | circuit-split competency criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-death-penalty judicial-discretion mental-competence trial-competency | In the middle of his federal death-penalty trial, Brandon Council had a delusional breakdown, asking his attorneys to "subpoena God." The District Cou… |
| 18-6834 | Dexter Johnson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division | Fifth Circuit | 2018-11-27 | Denied | IFP | death-penalty eighth-amendment federal-death-penalty federal-habeas federal-procedure final-judgment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus rule-58 | WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER RULE 58 FOR A FINAL JUDGMENT IN DISTRICT COURT FOR A FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY HABEAS PETITION UNDER THE EIGHTH AND FOURTE… |