No. 19-7063
Leeton Jahwanza Thomas v. Pennsylvania
IFP
Tags: capital-punishment capital-sentencing death-penalty eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-trial reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Punishment
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. Moyer — District Attorney's Office, Respondent
Susan E. Moyer — District Attorney's Office, Respondent
Leeton Thomas
Marc Alan Bookman — Atlantic Center for Capital Representation, Petitioner
Marc Alan Bookman — Atlantic Center for Capital Representation, Petitioner