No. 23A402

Casey A. McWhorter v. Alabama

Lower Court: Alabama
Docketed: 2023-11-03
Status: Denied
Type: A
Tags: constitutional-challenge death-penalty eighth-amendment execution-stay irreparable-harm supreme-court-alabama
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eighth Amendment permits the execution of a death row inmate where there are substantial legal challenges to the method of execution or underlying conviction

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

No question identified. :

Docket Entries

2023-11-16
Application (23A402) referred to the Court.
2023-11-16
Application (23A402) for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Thomas and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
2023-11-09
Reply of applicant Casey McWhorter filed.
2023-11-07
Response to application from respondent Alabama filed.
2023-11-01
Application (23A402) for stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Casey McWhorter
Benjamin E. RosenbergDechert LLP, Petitioner
Benjamin E. RosenbergDechert LLP, Petitioner
State of Alabama
James Roy Houts — Respondent
James Roy Houts — Respondent