No. 24A124

Arthur Lee Burton v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2024-08-04
Status: Denied
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: atkins-claim death-penalty eighth-amendment intellectual-disability iq-testing moore-v-texas
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits the execution of a death-row inmate with intellectual disability when new clinical evidence demonstrates he meets current diagnostic criteria for intellectual disability under Moore v. Texas

Docket Entries

2024-08-07
Reply of applicant Arthur Burton filed.
2024-08-07
Application (24A124) referred to the Court.
2024-08-07
Application (24A124) 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.
2024-08-06
Response to application from respondent Texas filed.
2024-08-03
Application (24A124) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Arthur Burton
Steven J. WellsDorsey & Whitney LLP, Petitioner
Steven J. WellsDorsey & Whitney LLP, Petitioner
State of Texas
Tomee Morgan HeiningOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Tomee Morgan HeiningOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent