No. 24A124

Arthur Lee Burton v. Texas

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

Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals violated the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments by dismissing Arthur Lee Burton's subsequent writ of habeas corpus raising an Atkins intellectual disability claim without applying current clinical diagnostic criteria for intellectual disability, despite Mr. Burton presenting unrebutted expert evidence that he meets the diagnostic criteria for mild intellectual disability under the DSM-V-TR and AAIDD-12, and despite Mr. Burton satisfying the exception to Texas's abuse-of-the-writ rule under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 11.071 § 5(a)(1) based on binding and directly relevant United States Supreme Court precedent in Moore v. Texas decided after his prior habeas applications.

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
State of Texas
Tomee Morgan HeiningOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent