federal-death-penalty
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-953 | Brandon Michael Council v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-03-01 | Denied | Amici (3) | circuit-split competency criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-death-penalty judicial-discretion mental-competence trial-competency | Whether a trial court may deem a defendant competent based solely on the unexplained, unsupported opinion of a defense expert or defense counsel |
| 18-6834 | Dexter Johnson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division | Fifth Circuit | 2018-11-27 | Denied | IFP | death-penalty eighth-amendment federal-death-penalty federal-habeas federal-procedure final-judgment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus rule-58 | What are the requirements under Rule 58 for a final judgment in district court for a federal death penalty habeas petition under the Eighth and Fourte… |