No. 25-5096
Christopher John Spreitz v. Arizona
Tags: capital-sentencing constitutional-review death-penalty habeas-corpus mitigating-evidence ninth-circuit
Latest Conference:
2025-10-17
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether in conducting independent sentencing review to cure a constitutional error in a capital case, a court must consider all of the evidence in the record in light of contemporary knowledge and standards;
2. Whether the constitution forbids creating categories of mitigating evidence entitled only to minimal weight absent an undefined "causal nexus" to the offense.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a court must consider all mitigating evidence in capital sentencing review without imposing a causal nexus requirement
Docket Entries
2025-10-20
Petition DENIED.
2025-10-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/17/2025.
2025-09-25
Electronic record received from the Supreme Court of Arizona.
2025-09-09
Record Requested.
2025-08-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-08-18
Reply of Christopher Spreitz submitted.
2025-08-18
Reply of petitioner Christopher John Spreitz filed. (Distributed)
2025-08-13
Amicus brief of The Arizona Capital Representation Project and Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice submitted.
2025-08-13
Brief amici curiae of Arizona Capital Representation Project, et al. filed.
2025-08-06
Brief of respondent Arizona in opposition filed.
2025-08-04
Brief of Arizona in opposition submitted.
2025-07-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 13, 2025)
2025-06-03
Application (24A843) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until July 6, 2025.
2025-05-27
Application (24A843) to extend further the time from June 6, 2025 to July 6, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.
2025-03-03
Application (24A843) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until June 6, 2025.
2025-02-26
Application (24A843) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 7, 2025 to June 6, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Attorneys
Arizona
Kevin Michael Morrow — Kevin Morrow, Respondent
Christopher Spreitz
Amy Pickering Knight — Phillips Black, Inc., Petitioner
The Arizona Capital Representation Project and Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice
David A. Senior — McBreen & Senior, Amicus