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Lizcano v. Texas

Petition for certiorari denied on December 7, 2015
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
15-65 Tex. Crim. App. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2015

Issue: Whether Texas’s standard for determining if a capital defendant meets the second prong of the definition of intellectual disability (“deficits in adaptive functioning”) violates the Eighth Amendment in light of Atkins v. Virginia and Hall v. Florida.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Jul 14 2014Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 14, 2015)
Aug 11 2015Order extending time to file response to petition to and including September 14, 2015.
Aug 14 2015Brief amici curiae of The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, et al. filed.
Sep 9 2015Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including October 14, 2015.
Oct 14 2015Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed.
Oct 27 2015Reply of petitioner Juan Lizcano filed.
Oct 28 2015DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 13, 2015.
Nov 9 2015Record Requested .
Nov 13 2015Record received from the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas. The record is electronic.
Nov 17 2015DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 4, 2015.
Dec 7 2015Petition DENIED.