Hodge v. Kentucky
Petition for certiorari denied on December 3, 2012
Issue: Whether - despite powerful mitigation - the Kentucky Supreme Court properly applied the Strickland prejudice prong when it required a nexus between the mitigation and the facts of the crime, and by applying additional criteria created an automatic death penalty under the facts of this case?
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| 05/21/2012 | Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 23, 2012) |
| 06/20/2012 | Brief of respondent Kentucky in opposition filed. |
| 07/03/2012 | Reply of petitioner Benny Lee Hodge filed. (Distributed) |
| 07/05/2012 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 24, 2012. |
| 09/12/2012 | Record Requested . |
| 09/26/2012 | Record received from the Supreme Court of Kentucky (one envelope). |
| 10/15/2012 | Record received from Commonwealth of Kentucky Letcher Circuit Court (four boxes). |
| 10/25/2012 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 9, 2012. |
| 11/13/2012 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 20, 2012. |
| 11/26/2012 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 30, 2012. |
| 12/03/2012 | Petition DENIED Justice Sotomayor, dissenting from denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion) |
| 04/02/2013 | Record returned to Supreme Court of Kentucky. |
| 04/02/2013 | Record returned to Letcher County Circuit Court. |