No. 19-7680

Samuel Howard v. Nevada

Lower Court: Nevada
Docketed: 2020-02-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: appellate-review capital-punishment constitutional-law criminal-procedure death-penalty death-penalty-sentencing due-process hurst-v-florida judicial-precedent retroactivity sentencing sentencing-procedure sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
Punishment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-04-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether appellate reweighing is constitutional after Hurst v. Florida, 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016)

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether appellate reweighing is constitutional after Hurst v. Florida, 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016). 2. Whether Hurst is retroactive. PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI — Page i

Docket Entries

2020-04-20
Petition DENIED.
2020-04-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2020.
2020-03-13
Brief of respondent State of Nevada in opposition filed.
2020-02-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 16, 2020)
2019-12-11
Application (19A650) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 17, 2020.
2019-12-05
Application (19A650) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 19, 2019 to February 17, 2020, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Samuel Howard
Jonah Joshua HorwitzFederal Defender Services of ldaho, Petitioner
Jonah Joshua HorwitzFederal Defender Services of ldaho, Petitioner
State of Nevada
Jonathan Eugene VanBoskerckOffice of the District Attorney, Clark County, Nevada, Respondent
Jonathan Eugene VanBoskerckOffice of the District Attorney, Clark County, Nevada, Respondent