No. 19-1100
Amici (2)
Experienced Counsel
Tags: capital-punishment death-penalty due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions parole-eligibility parole-ineligibility simmons-v-south-carolina sixth-amendment
Latest Conference:
2020-06-25
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether a death sentence may be carried out when defense counsel unreasonably fails to inform the jury of parole ineligibility under Simmons v. South Carolina, 512 U.S. 154 (1994), resulting in prejudice.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a death sentence may be carried out when defense counsel unreasonably fails to inform the jury of parole ineligibility under Simmons v. South Carolina, 512 U.S. 154 (1994), resulting in prejudice
Docket Entries
2020-06-29
Petition DENIED.
2020-06-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2020.
2020-06-09
Reply of petitioner Leroy D. Cropper filed. (Distributed)
2020-05-26
Brief of respondent State of Arizona in opposition filed.
2020-04-08
Brief amicus curiae of Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice filed.
2020-04-08
Brief amici curiae of John H. Blume, et al. filed.
2020-04-01
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 26, 2020.
2020-03-30
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 8, 2020 to June 8, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-03-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 8, 2020)
2020-02-04
Application (19A735) to extend further the time from February 20, 2020 to March 5, 2020, submitted to Justice Kagan.
2020-02-04
Application (19A735) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until March 5, 2020.
2020-01-02
Application (19A735) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 20, 2020.
2019-12-31
Application (19A735) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 21, 2020 to February 20, 2020, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Attorneys
Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice
Ginger D. Anders — Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Amicus
John H. Blume, et al.
John Robert Mills — Phillips Black, Amicus
Leroy D. Cropper
Melissa Arbus Sherry — Latham & Watkins LLP, Petitioner
State of Arizona
Laura Patrice Chiasson — Arizona Attorney General, Respondent