No. 21-5491

Alton Alexander Nolen v. Oklahoma

Lower Court: Oklahoma
Docketed: 2021-08-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: capital-punishment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment intellectual-disability mental-retardation
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-11-19
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Oklahoma's procedure for litigating the issue of intellectual disability comports with the Eighth Amendment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether Oklahoma’s procedure for litigating the issue of whether a capital defendant suffers from an intellectual disability that would disqualify him from being sentenced to death comports with this Court’s decision that persons who are “mentally retarded,” or “intellectually disabled,” under the more contemporary nomenclature, are not eligible for the death penalty under the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. i

Docket Entries

2021-11-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-11-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/19/2021.
2021-10-20
Brief of respondent Oklahoma in opposition filed.
2021-09-24
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 27, 2021.
2021-09-23
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 27, 2021 to October 27, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-08-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 27, 2021)

Attorneys

Alton Alexander Nolen
James H. LockardOK Indigent Defense System, Petitioner
James H. LockardOK Indigent Defense System, Petitioner
Oklahoma
Caroline Elizabeth Jane HuntOklahoma Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Caroline Elizabeth Jane HuntOklahoma Attorney General's Office, Respondent