No. 19-871
Raheem Chabezz Johnson v. Jeffery Kiser, Warden
Tags: ake-v-oklahoma due-process indigent-defendant mcwilliams-v-dunn mental-health mental-health-expert sentencing sentencing-phase
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2020-05-21
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether an indigent defendant who seeks the appointment of a mental conditions expert to assist in the sentencing phase of his trial is denied due process
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether an indigent defendant who seeks the appointment of a mental conditions expert to assist in the sentencing phase of his trial is denied due process if the trial court first requires him to satisfy more than the three threshold criteria established by this Court in Ake v. Oklahoma, 470 U.S. 68 (1985), and clarified in McWilliams v. Dunn, 137 S. Ct. 1790 (2017). (i)
Docket Entries
2020-05-26
Petition DENIED.
2020-05-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2020.
2020-05-04
Reply of petitioner Raheem Johnson filed. Distributed
2020-04-24
Brief of respondent Jeffrey Kiser in opposition filed.
2020-02-27
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 24, 2020.
2020-02-25
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 25, 2020 to April 24, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-02-24
Response Requested. (Due March 25, 2020)
2020-02-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2020.
2020-02-03
Waiver of right of respondent Jeffrey Kiser to respond filed.
2020-01-13
2019-11-07
Application (19A502) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until January 13, 2020.
2019-11-02
Application (19A502) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 14, 2019 to January 13, 2020, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Attorneys
Jeffrey Kiser
Toby Jay Heytens — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Raheem Johnson
Elliott Schulder — Covington & Burling LLP, Petitioner