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Petition for certiorari denied on November 26, 2012

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
12-82	5th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2012

Issue: Whether Eighth Amendment harmless-error review applies when a capital-sentencing jury is precluded from considering relevant mitigating evidence.

Petition of the day

Date	Proceedings and Orders
Jul 17 2012	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 20, 2012)
Aug 3 2012	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 22, 2012.
Aug 17 2012	Brief amicus curiae of National District Attorneys Association filed.
Aug 20 2012	Brief amici curiae of Alabama, et al. filed.
Oct 22 2012	Brief of respondent Roger Wayne McGowen in opposition filed.
Oct 22 2012	Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Roger Wayne McGowen.
Nov 2 2012	Reply of petitioner Rick Thaler, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division filed. (Distributed)
Nov 5 2012	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 20, 2012.
Nov 26 2012	Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
Nov 26 2012	Petition DENIED.

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