No. 18-5495
Tags: cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment death-penalty eighth-amendment evolving-standards-of-decency fourteenth-amendment mental-illness personal-culpability sentencing
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
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Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the imposition of the death penalty on a person who was severely mentally ill at the time of the offense constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
Question Presented Does the imposition of the death penalty on a person who was severely mentally ill at the time of the offense constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution?
Docket Entries
2018-08-09
Application (18A145) referred to the Court.
2018-08-09
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-09
Application (18A145) denied by the Court.
2018-08-08
Brief of respondent Tony Mays, Warden in opposition filed.
2018-08-08
Response to application from respondent Tony Mays, Warden filed.
2018-08-08
Reply of applicant Billy R. Irick filed.
2018-08-08
Reply of petitioner Billy R. Irick filed.
2018-08-07
Application (18A145) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Kagan.
2018-08-07
Petition for writ of habeas corpus and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed.
2018-08-07
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Mental Health Organizations.
Attorneys
Billy Irick
Tony Mays, Warden
Jennifer L. Smith — Tennessee Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Jennifer L. Smith — Tennessee Attorney General's Office, Respondent