No. 18-6916

Troy Lincoln Powell v. California

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2018-12-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment mental-illness sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-03-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the imposition of the death penalty on a severely mentally ill defendant violate the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED 1) DOES THE IMPOSITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY ON A SEVERELY MENTALLY ILL DEFENDANT VIOLATE THE FIFTH, SIXTH, EIGHTH AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS?

Docket Entries

2019-03-04
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2019.
2019-01-31
Brief of respondent California in opposition filed.
2018-12-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 4, 2019.
2018-12-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 3, 2019 to February 4, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2018-11-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 3, 2019)

Attorneys

California
Pamela Chiyoko HamanakaAttorney General's Office, Respondent
Pamela Chiyoko HamanakaAttorney General's Office, Respondent
Troy Lincoln Powell
Robert Clayton Seaman Jr. — Petitioner
Robert Clayton Seaman Jr. — Petitioner