No. 24-5382

Michael Dale Iervolino v. Alabama

Lower Court: Alabama
Docketed: 2024-08-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (3)IFP
Tags: capital-case change-of-venue constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial media-prejudice
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2024-11-15 (distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Alabama courts' refusal to change venue in a capital case involving the District Attorney's son and extensive prejudicial media coverage violated due process rights

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED In this capital case, where the victim was the son of the District Attorney and the case generated highly prejudicial media coverage across a small community, was the Alabama courts’ refusal to change the venue of the trial directly contrary to this Court’s precedent? i

Docket Entries

2024-11-18
Petition DENIED.
2024-11-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2024.
2024-10-28
Rescheduled.
2024-10-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2024.
2024-10-18
Electronic record received from the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals.
2024-10-15
Record Requested.
2024-10-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2024.
2024-09-16
Brief of respondent State of Alabama in opposition filed.
2024-09-16
Brief of respondent Alabama in opposition filed.
2024-08-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 23, 2024)
2024-07-15
Application (24A33) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until August 17, 2024.
2024-07-08
Application (24A33) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 18, 2024 to August 19, 2024, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Michael Iervolino
Randall Scott SusskindEqual Justice Initiative, Petitioner
State of Alabama
J. Clayton CrenshawOffice of the Alabama Attorney General, Respondent