cognitive-deficits

Case	Title	Lower Court	Docketed	Status	Flags	Tags	Question Presented
22-7424	Darryl Bryan Barwick v. Florida	Florida	2023-05-01	Denied	IFP	age-of-culpability cognitive-deficits cognitive-impairment cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment mental-age neuropsychological-disorder state-constitutional-law	Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits the execution of individuals with severe neuropsychological disorders, lifelong cognitive deficits, and low men…
21-6211	Cubby Wayne Williams v. United States	Ninth Circuit	2021-11-08	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	brain-injury cognitive-deficits criminal-procedure due-process evidence expert-testimony good-faith mens-rea rule-702 traumatic-brain-injury willfulness	Whether the district court committed reversible error by excluding expert evidence of the defendant's traumatic brain injury and its effects on his co…
20-1155	Jonas David Nelson v. Minnesota	Minnesota	2021-02-23	Denied	Amici (2)Response Waived	cognitive-deficits cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-sentence life-without-parole mental-illness proportionality proportionality-review	Whether the Eighth Amendment right to narrow proportionality review of sentences of life without release entails a right to a hearing at which evidenc…