No. 19-6101

Raymond Eugene Johnson v. Tommy Sharp, Interim Warden

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-09-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: aggravating-circumstances capital-sentencing death-penalty factfinder harm lockett-v-ohio mitigating-circumstances prejudice
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2019-11-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Should the Court recalibrate the frameworks for judging the prejudice or harm of capital sentencing errors in jurisdictions where the factfinder may decline to impose a sentence of death without restriction, for example even if aggravating circumstances outweigh mitigating circumstances?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Should the Court recalibrate the frameworks for judging the prejudice or harm of capital sentencing errors in jurisdictions where the factfinder may decline to impose a sentence of death without restriction, for example even if aggravating circumstances outweigh mitigating circumstances? 2. Should the Court clarify its Lockett v. Ohio, 438 U.S. 586 (1978)-and-progeny jurisprudence and lay to rest the persistent misperception that mitigating evidence must connect to the crime or its aggravating circumstances? il

Docket Entries

2019-11-25
Petition DENIED.
2019-11-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2019.
2019-11-06
Reply of petitioner Raymond Eugene Johnson filed. (Distributed)
2019-10-24
Brief of respondent Tommy Sharp in opposition filed.
2019-09-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 30, 2019)
2019-07-16
Application (19A66) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until September 26, 2019.
2019-07-12
Application (19A66) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 28, 2019 to September 26, 2019, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.

Attorneys

Raymond Eugene Johnson
Thomas David HirdFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
Tommy Sharp
Jennifer L. CrabbOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent