Runyon v. United States
Petition for certiorari denied on October 6, 2014
Issue: (1) Whether, in order to demonstrate that evidentiary errors in a capital sentencing proceeding were harmless, the government must establish that the errors did not affect the verdict of the jury that actually heard the case or whether the government may instead meet its burden by demonstrating that such errors would not have affected a hypothetical, reasonable jury; and (2) whether, under the cumulative error doctrine, a reviewing court must reverse if the government cannot establish that preserved errors are harmless beyond a reasonable doubt, or is reversal required only if the errors "so fatally infect[ed] the trial that they violated the trial"s fundamental fairness."
SCOTUSblog Coverage
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- Federal government delays response in capital case (Amy Howe, July 23, 2014)
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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05/17/2013 | Application (12A1111) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 23, 2013 to August 22, 2013, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
05/21/2013 | Application (12A1111) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until August 22, 2013. |
08/21/2013 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 23, 2013) |
09/17/2013 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 23, 2013. |
10/23/2013 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including November 22, 2013. |
11/21/2013 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including December 23, 2013. |
12/18/2013 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including January 22, 2014. |
01/22/2014 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including February 21, 2014. |
02/21/2014 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including March 24, 2014. |
03/24/2014 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including April 23, 2014. |
04/14/2014 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including May 23, 2014. |
05/22/2014 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including June 23, 2014. |
06/23/2014 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including July 23, 2014. |
07/21/2014 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including August 1, 2014. |
08/01/2014 | Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. |
08/18/2014 | Reply of petitioner David Anthony Runyon filed. (Distributed) |
08/20/2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 29, 2014. |
10/06/2014 | Petition DENIED. |