No. 19-8873

Efrain Diaz, Jr. and Justin Smith v. Kentucky

Lower Court: Kentucky
Docketed: 2020-07-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP
Tags: criminal-defendant criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment justiciability party-presentation procedural-due-process standing-doctrine
Key Terms:
DueProcess FirstAmendment FifthAmendment Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-01-15 (distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the requirement in Lujan v. Defs. of Wildlife apply to a motion filed by a defendant in a criminal case?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Does the requirement in Lujan v. Defs. of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555, 560 (1992), that a litigant have suffered an “actual or imminent” injury apply to a motion filed by a defendant in a criminal case? If so, where the state has given notice of its intent to seek the death penalty, is the prospect of a death penalty sentencing trial a sufficiently concrete injury that the defendant’s contention that he is categorically ineligible for the death penalty under the Eighth Amendment a justiciable claim that can be decided prior to trial? 2. Does procedural due process, and the related principles of party presentation, permit a state court to deny review of a federal constitutional claim based on a jurisdictional principle which did not exist at the time of briefing, which was not raised by the parties, and which the Court did not seek briefing or argument on?

Docket Entries

2021-01-19
Petition DENIED.
2021-01-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/15/2021.
2021-01-05
Rescheduled.
2020-12-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-11-30
Reply of petitioners Justin Smith, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2020-11-16
Brief of respondent Kentucky in opposition filed. (Distributed)
2020-09-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 16, 2020. See Rule 30.1.
2020-09-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 30, 2020 to November 14, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-08-31
Response Requested. (Due September 30, 2020)
2020-07-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-27
Waiver of right of respondent Kentucky to respond filed.
2020-06-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 31, 2020)

Attorneys

Justin Smith, et al.
Timothy G. ArnoldPost Trial Division, Petitioner
Timothy G. ArnoldPost Trial Division, Petitioner
Kentucky
Matthew Robert KrygielKentucky Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Matthew Robert KrygielKentucky Office of the Attorney General, Respondent