No. 19-7236

John Joseph DeBlase v. Alabama

Lower Court: Alabama
Docketed: 2020-01-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: capital-case codefendant confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process jury-unanimity sixth-amendment waiver
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment Privacy
Latest Conference: 2020-04-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Do the Sixth Amendment and the Due Process Clause permit, in a capital case, the admission of statements of a nontestifying codefendant, acknowledged by all parties as violating the Confrontation Clause, without any evidence of a knowing and voluntary waiver by the defendant?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Do the Sixth Amendment and the Due Process Clause permit, in a capital case, the admission of statements of a nontestifying codefendant, acknowledged by all parties as violating the Confrontation Clause, without any evidence of a knowing and voluntary waiver by the defendant? 2. Does the Constitution permit the imposition of a death sentence in the absence of a unanimous jury verdict in support of death? i

Docket Entries

2020-04-20
Petition DENIED.
2020-03-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2020.
2020-03-11
Brief of respondent State of Alabama in opposition filed.
2020-02-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 11, 2020.
2020-01-31
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 10, 2020 to March 11, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-01-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 10, 2020)
2019-11-15
Application (19A533) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until January 6, 2020.
2019-11-08
Application (19A533) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 21, 2019 to January 6, 2020, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

John DeBlase
Rachel Philbrick JudgeEqual Justice Initiative, Petitioner
Rachel Philbrick JudgeEqual Justice Initiative, Petitioner
State of Alabama
Beth Jackson HughesOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Beth Jackson HughesOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent