No. 19-8090
IFP
Tags: aggravating-factors capital-punishment constitutional-rights death-penalty due-process jury-instructions mitigating-circumstances sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus Jurisdiction
DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus Jurisdiction
Latest Conference:
2020-06-25
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Did the Nevada Supreme Court violate Mr. Smith's constitutional rights by making the outweighing requirement an afterthought for the jury, used only to lessen a death sentence to life imprisonment?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
question presented is: 1. Did the Nevada Supreme Court violate Mr. Smith’s constitutional rights by making the outweighing requirement an afterthought for the jury, used only to lessen a death sentence to life imprisonment? i
Docket Entries
2020-06-29
Petition DENIED.
2020-06-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2020.
2020-06-04
Reply of petitioner Joseph Smith filed.
2020-04-28
Motion to delay distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari until June 10, 2020, granted.
2020-04-21
Brief of respondent State of Nevada in opposition filed.
2020-04-21
Motion of petitioner to delay distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari under Rule 15.5 from May 6, 2020 to June 10, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-03-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 23, 2020)
2020-01-28
Application (19A850) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until April 3, 2020.
2020-01-24
Application (19A850) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 5, 2020 to April 3, 2020, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Attorneys
Joseph Smith
Brad D. Levenson — Federal Public Defender, District of Nevada, Petitioner
Brad D. Levenson — Federal Public Defender, District of Nevada, Petitioner
State of Nevada