No. 20-7805

Melvin Knight v. Pennsylvania

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2021-04-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (13)IFP
Tags: brumfield-v-cain clinical-standards death-penalty documentation-requirement intellectual-disability iq-score moore-v-texas supreme-court-precedent
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Punishment
Latest Conference: 2022-03-04 (distributed 13 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a State may require a defendant to present an IQ score of 75 or below that was 'documented prior to age 18' to have his intellectual disability claim considered as a basis to disqualify him from the death penalty

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a State may require a defendant to present an IQ score of 75 or below that was “documented prior to age 18” to have his intellectual disability claim considered as a basis to disqualify him from the death penalty, when this requirement is contrary to clinical standards for diagnosis and contrary to multiple decisions where this Court has granted relief to petitioners who lacked any such documentation? ii

Docket Entries

2022-04-12
Record returned to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Eastern District (1 box).
2022-03-07
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/4/2022.
2022-02-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/25/2022.
2022-02-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2022-01-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/21/2022.
2022-01-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/14/2022.
2022-01-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-12-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/10/2021.
2021-11-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/3/2021.
2021-11-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/19/2021.
2021-11-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/12/2021.
2021-11-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/5/2021.
2021-10-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/29/2021.
2021-10-12
Record received from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Eastern District (1 box).
2021-10-04
Record Requested.
2021-09-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/15/2021.
2021-09-28
Reply of petitioner Melvin Knight filed. (Distributed)
2021-09-17
Brief of respondent Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in opposition filed.
2021-07-14
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 17, 2021.
2021-07-13
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 19, 2021 to September 17, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-06-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 19, 2021.
2021-06-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 20, 2021 to July 19, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-04-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 20, 2021)

Attorneys

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
John W. PeckWestmoreland County District Attorney's Office, Respondent
Melvin Knight
Marc Alan BookmanAtlantic Center for Capital Representation, Petitioner