capital-sentencing-scheme
2 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19-6531 | Demetrius Frazier v. Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-11-06 | Denied | IFP | 28-usc-2244 capital-sentencing capital-sentencing-scheme certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus second-or-successive-petition sixth-amendment | Whether the Eleventh Circuit should have issued a certificate of appealability |
| 18-5937 | Charles Lee Burton v. Alabama | Alabama | 2018-09-11 | Denied | IFP | aggravating-factors caldwell-v-mississippi capital-sentencing capital-sentencing-scheme constitutional-review death-penalty eighth-amendment evolving-standards-of-decency hurst-v-florida jury-instructions jury-recommendation mitigating-factors | Whether Alabama's capital sentencing scheme is unconstitutional under Hurst v. Florida and Caldwell v. Mississippi |