No. 23-7029
Byron James Shepard v. Oklahoma
IFP
Tags: aggravating-circumstance aggravating-factors capital-punishment capital-sentencing criminal-procedure death-penalty eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-discretion
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment
DueProcess Punishment
Latest Conference:
2024-05-23
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does Oklahoma's continuing threat aggravating circumstance violate this Court's capital sentencing jurisprudence and the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Does Oklahoma’s continuing threat aggravating circumstance violate this Court’s capital sentencing jurisprudence and the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments by failing to adequately narrow the jury’s discretion as applied by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals?
Docket Entries
2024-05-28
Petition DENIED.
2024-05-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/23/2024.
2024-04-18
Brief of respondent Oklahoma in opposition filed.
2024-03-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 18, 2024)
2024-01-08
Application (23A627) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until March 18, 2024.
2024-01-02
Application (23A627) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 18, 2024 to March 18, 2024, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.
Attorneys
Byron James Shepard
Scott Matthew Wilson Braden — Scott W. Braden, Petitioner
Scott Matthew Wilson Braden — Scott W. Braden, Petitioner
Oklahoma