No. 18A1349

Pennsylvania v. Milton Montalvo

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2019-06-21
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: capital-sentencing death-penalty eighth-amendment ineffective-assistance jury-recommendation mental-health-mitigation
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a prosecutor's and trial court's statements characterizing a jury's capital sentencing verdict as a mere 'recommendation' constitute a violation of the defendant's Eighth Amendment right to a reliable sentencing proceeding

Docket Entries

2019-06-24
Application (18A1349) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until July 24, 2019.
2019-06-17
Application (18A1349) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 24, 2019 to July 24, 2019, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Jennifer Anne BuckPennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Petitioner