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Madison v. Alabama

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
17-7505	Ala. Cir. Ct.	Oct 2, 2018 Tr.Aud.	TBD	TBD	TBD	OT 2018

Issue: (1) Whether, consistent with the Eighth Amendment, and the Supreme Court’s decisions in Ford v. Wainwright and Panetti v. Quarterman, a state may execute a prisoner whose mental disability leaves him with no memory of his commission of the capital offense; and (2) whether evolving standards of decency and the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment bar the execution of a prisoner whose competency has been compromised by vascular dementia and multiple strokes causing severe cognitive dysfunction and a degenerative medical condition that prevents him from remembering the crime for which he was convicted or understanding the circumstances of his scheduled execution.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Jan 18 2018	Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 20, 2018)
Jan 19 2018	Brief of respondent State of Alabama in opposition filed.
Jan 22 2018	Application (17A770) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Jan 22 2018	Response to application from respondent State of Alabama filed.
Jan 22 2018	Reply of petitioner Vernon Madison filed.
Jan 25 2018	UPON CONSIDERATION of the application of counsel for the applicant, IT IS ORDERED that execution of the sentence of death is hereby stayed pending further order of Justice Thomas or of the Court.
Jan 25 2018	Application (17A770) referred to the Court.
Jan 25 2018	Application (17A770) granted by the Court. The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Thomas and by him referred to the Court is granted pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari. Should the petition for a writ of certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event the petition for a writ of certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the issuance of the mandate of this Court. Justice Thomas, Justice Alito, and Justice Gorsuch would deny the application.
Feb 01 2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2018.
Feb 20 2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/23/2018.
Feb 26 2018	Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED.
Mar 15 2018	Joint motion for an extension of time file the briefs on the merits.
Mar 27 2018	Joint motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including May 22, 2018. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 31, 2018.
May 10 2018	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Vernon Madison.
May 18 2018	Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Alabama
May 21 2018	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Vernon Madison
May 22 2018	Brief of petitioner Vernon Madison filed.
May 29 2018	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
May 29 2018	Brief amici curiae of American Psychological Association and American Psychiatric Association filed.
Jul 09 2018	SET FOR ARGUMENT On Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Jul 31 2018	Brief of respondent State of Alabama filed.
Aug 03 2018	CIRCULATED
Aug 07 2018	Record requested from the Circuit Court of Alabama, Mobile County.
Aug 07 2018	Brief amici curiae of States of Texas, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Aug 07 2018	Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Police Organizations filed. (Distributed)
Aug 14 2018	Record received from the Court of Criminal Appeals State of Alabama. The record is electronic.
Aug 16 2018	Record received from the Circuit Court of Alabama, Mobile County. The record is electronic.
Aug 17 2018	Record received from the Circuit Court of Alabama, Mobile County. 1 envelope.
Aug 24 2018	Record received from the Circuit Court of Mobile Alabama (additional material).
Aug 30 2018	Reply of petitioner Vernon Madison filed. (Distributed)
Oct 02 2018	Argued. For petitioner: Bryan A. Stevenson, Montgomery, Ala. For respondent: Thomas R. Govan, Jr., Alabama Deputy Attorney General, Montgomery, Ala.
Dec 18 2018	Record received from the Mobile County Circuit Criminal, one box of exhibits.

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