No. 22-5218

Reginald Dexter Carr, Jr. v. Kansas

Lower Court: Kansas
Docketed: 2022-07-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment automatic-reversal due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment harmless-error sixth-amendment structural-error
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment Punishment
Latest Conference: 2023-01-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was the denial of Reginald Carr's Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to testify structural constitutional error requiring automatic reversal?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Was the denial of Reginald Carr’s Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights , to testify structural constitutional error requiring automatic reversal? 2. Was the harmless error analysis employed by the Kansas Supreme Court to affirm Reginald Carr’s convictions and sentence of death contrary to this Court’s firmly established precedent in Chapman v. California, 386 U.S. 18, 17 L.Ed.2d 705, 87 S.Ct. 824 (1967)? 3. Does the Due Process Clause of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution prohibit the conviction and execution of Reginald Carr, who was prevented by erroneous trial court rulings from denying, explaining or rebutting the allegations made against him?

Docket Entries

2023-01-09
Petition DENIED.
2022-12-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
2022-12-16
Reply of petitioner Reginald Carr filed.
2022-12-02
Brief of respondent Kansas in opposition filed.
2022-10-20
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 2, 2022.
2022-10-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 28, 2022 to December 2, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-08-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 28, 2022.
2022-08-01
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 29, 2022 to October 28, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-07-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 29, 2022)

Attorneys

Kansas
Brant M. LaueSolicitor General of Kansas, Respondent
Brant M. LaueSolicitor General of Kansas, Respondent
Reginald Carr
Debra Jean WilsonCapital Appeals and Conflicts Office, Petitioner
Debra Jean WilsonCapital Appeals and Conflicts Office, Petitioner