No. 19-8175

Kitrich A. Powell v. Nevada

Lower Court: Nevada
Docketed: 2020-04-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: aggravating-factors burden-of-proof capital-punishment constitutional-rights death-penalty jury-instructions mitigating-circumstances sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2020-06-25
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Nevada Supreme Court violate Mr. Powell'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. Powell’s constitutional rights by making the outweighing requirement an afterthought for the jury, used only to lessen a death sentence to life imprisonment? 1

Docket Entries

2020-06-29
Petition DENIED.
2020-06-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2020.
2020-06-04
Reply of petitioner Kitrich A. Powell filed.
2020-05-05
Motion to delay distribution of the petition for a writ certiorari granted in part; the petition will be distributed on Wednesday, June 10, 2020.
2020-05-04
Motion of petitioner to delay distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari under Rule 15.5 from Wednesday, May 13, 2020 to Saturday, June 13, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-04-29
Brief of respondent The State of Nevada in opposition filed.
2020-03-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 4, 2020)
2020-01-28
Application (19A849) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until April 3, 2020.
2020-01-24
Application (19A849) 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

Kitrich A. Powell
Timothy Richard PayneFederal Public Defender, District of Nevada, Petitioner
Timothy Richard PayneFederal Public Defender, District of Nevada, Petitioner
The 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