No. 23-7791
IFP
Tags: capital-punishment capital-punishment-eligibility death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment future-dangerousness jury-determination post-conviction-review
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
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Question Presented (AI Summary)
Can a state refuse to recognize challenges to the accuracy of a jury's determination of 'future dangerousness' as cognizable grounds for postconviction review?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED When a state conditions a capital defendant’s eligibility to be sentenced to death on a jury’s determination of “future dangerousness,” can the state refuse to recognize challenges to the accuracy of the jury’s determination as cognizable grounds for postconviction review? Does it violate the protections of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution to execute an individual who does not meet the eligibility criteria for a sentence of death under state law? i
Docket Entries
2024-06-26
Reply of Ramiro Gonzales submitted.
2024-06-26
Petition DENIED.
2024-06-26
Application (23A1146) referred to the Court.
2024-06-26
Application (23A1146) for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
2024-06-26
Reply of petitioner Ramiro Gonzales filed.
2024-06-25
Brief of Texas in opposition submitted.
2024-06-25
Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed.
2024-06-24
Application (23A1146) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Alito.
2024-06-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 24, 2024)
2024-06-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed.
Attorneys
Ramiro Gonzales
Raoul D. Schonemann — University of Texas School of Law, Petitioner
Raoul D. Schonemann — University of Texas School of Law, Petitioner
Texas
Matthew Dennis Ottoway — Assistant Attorney General, Respondent
Matthew Dennis Ottoway — Assistant Attorney General, Respondent