No. 24A523

Willie R. Burgess, Jr. v. Alabama

Lower Court: Alabama
Docketed: 2024-11-27
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: capital-murder death-penalty eighth-amendment evidentiary-hearing postconviction state-review
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eighth Amendment permits the imposition of a death sentence following a capital murder conviction where the defendant was denied an evidentiary hearing on critical postconviction claims

Docket Entries

2024-12-02
Application (24A523) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until January 25, 2025.
2024-11-25
Application (24A523) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 26, 2024 to February 24, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Willie R. Burgess, Jr.
Ty AlperUniversity of California, Berkeley School of Law, Petitioner
Ty AlperUniversity of California, Berkeley School of Law, Petitioner