No. 18-5948
Patrick Henry Murphy v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
IFP
Tags: conspiracy criminal-conspiracy death-penalty death-penalty-sentencing eighth-amendment enmund-v-florida-tison-v-arizona felony felony-murder jury-findings sentencing-requirements sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment
DueProcess Punishment
Latest Conference:
2018-11-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does the Sixth or Eighth Amendment require that before a party may be sentenced to death as a conspirator (rather than a trigger-person), the jury must find, at a minimum, that the party participated in a felony?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
Questions Presented Does the Sixth or Eighth Amendment require that before a party may be sentenced to death as a conspirator (rather than a trigger-person), the jury must find, ata minimum, that the party participated in a felony? Does this Sixth Amendment require the findings required by this Court’s opinions in Enmund v. Florida and Tison v. Arizona be made by a jury? iv
Docket Entries
2018-11-19
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/16/2018.
2018-10-29
Reply of petitioner Patrick Henry Murphy filed.
2018-10-12
Brief of respondent Davis, Dir., TX DCJ in opposition filed.
2018-09-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 12, 2018)
Attorneys
Davis, Dir., TX DCJ
Gwendolyn Suzanne Vindell — OAG, Respondent
Patrick Henry Murphy
David R. Dow — University of Houston Law Center, Petitioner