No. 19-871

Raheem Chabezz Johnson v. Jeffery Kiser, Warden

Lower Court: Virginia
Docketed: 2020-01-15
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: ake-v-oklahoma due-process indigent-defendant mcwilliams-v-dunn mental-health mental-health-expert sentencing sentencing-phase
Key Terms:
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
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 14, 2020)
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 HeytensOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Raheem Johnson
Elliott SchulderCovington & Burling LLP, Petitioner