No. 18-8027

Michael Eugene Sample v. Tennessee

Lower Court: Tennessee
Docketed: 2019-02-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: case-remand collateral-review criminal-justice death-penalty death-penalty-sentencing due-process habeas-corpus intellectual-disability judicial-review montgomery-v-louisiana moore-v-texas retroactive-application retroactivity supreme-court-precedent welch-v-united-states writ-of-certiorari
Key Terms:
Punishment
Latest Conference: 2019-04-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does Moore v. Texas apply retroactively to cases on collateral review?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Does Moore v. Texas, 581 U.S. __, 187 S.Ct. 1039 (2017) apply retroactively to cases on collateral review? 2. Should this Court grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand for further consideration in light of Moore v. Texas, or summarily reverse and remand for further proceedings not inconsistent with Moore? ii

Docket Entries

2019-04-29
Petition DENIED.
2019-04-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2019.
2019-03-21
Brief of respondent State of Tennessee in opposition filed.
2019-02-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 21, 2019)
2018-12-03
Application (18A589) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 16, 2018 to February 14, 2019, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.
2018-02-14
Application (18A589) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until February 14, 2019.

Attorneys

Michael Sample
Richard TennentOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Richard TennentOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
State of Tennessee
Nicholas White SpanglerOffice of the Tennessee Attorney General, Respondent
Nicholas White SpanglerOffice of the Tennessee Attorney General, Respondent