Ryan v. Murdaugh

Petition for certiorari denied on June 23, 2014

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
13-1057	9th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2013

Issue: Whether the court of appeals exceeded its authority to grant a writ of habeas corpus when it expanded Ring v. Arizona to create a Sixth Amendment right to jury findings of mitigation, and concluded that the jury"s failure to consider mitigating circumstances had a substantial and injurious effect on the sentence of death.

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Petition of the day (Maureen Johnston, June 20, 2014)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
02/28/2014	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 4, 2014)
03/24/2014	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including May 14, 2014.
05/14/2014	Brief of respondent Michael Joe Murdaugh in opposition filed.
05/14/2014	Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Michael Joe Murdaugh.
05/30/2014	Reply of petitioner Charles L. Ryan filed. (Distributed)
06/03/2014	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 19, 2014.
06/23/2014	Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
06/23/2014	Petition DENIED.