No. 24A284

Freddie Owens v. Bryan Stirling, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: N/A
Status: Denied
Type: A
Tags: capital-punishment competency cruel-and-unusual death-penalty eighth-amendment mental-illness
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits the execution of a death row inmate with a documented history of severe mental illness that substantially impairs his understanding of the punishment

Docket Entries

2024-09-20
Application (24A284) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to The Chief Justice.
2024-09-20
Application (24A284) referred to the Court.
2024-09-20
Application (24A284) for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to The Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Sotomayor would grant the application for stay of execution of sentence of death.
2024-09-20
Reply of Freddie Owens in support of application submitted.
2024-09-20
Reply of applicant Freddie Owens filed.

Attorneys

Freddie Owens
David Charles WeissCapital Habeas Unit for the Fourth Circuit, Petitioner