No. 19-7063

Leeton Jahwanza Thomas v. Pennsylvania

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2019-12-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: capital-punishment capital-sentencing death-penalty eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-trial reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Punishment
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Were Petitioner's rights under the Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution violated by a Pennsylvania statutory scheme which does not require a jury to find, prior to imposing a sentence of death, that aggravating factors outweigh mitigating factors beyond a reasonable doubt?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED IN THIS CAPITAL CASE Were Petitioner’s rights under the Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution violated by a Pennsylvania statutory scheme which does not require a jury to find, prior to imposing a sentence of death, that aggravating factors outweigh mitigating factors beyond a reasonable doubt? i

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-16
Brief of respondent Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in opposition filed.
2019-12-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 27, 2020)
2019-11-18
Application (19A550) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until December 18, 2019.
2019-11-07
Application (19A550) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 18, 2019 to December 18, 2019, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Susan E. MoyerDistrict Attorney's Office, Respondent
Susan E. MoyerDistrict Attorney's Office, Respondent
Leeton Thomas
Marc Alan BookmanAtlantic Center for Capital Representation, Petitioner
Marc Alan BookmanAtlantic Center for Capital Representation, Petitioner