Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
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15-946 | La. | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | OT 2015 |
Issue: (1) Whether imposition of the death penalty upon a person convicted of murder constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments; and (2) whether Louisiana's failure to require the jury to find beyond a reasonable doubt that death is the appropriate punishment violates the Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments.
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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Jan 26 2016 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 29, 2016) |
Feb 12 2016 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for petitioner. |
Feb 26 2016 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Former Appellate Court Jurists. |
Feb 29 2016 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School. |
Feb 29 2016 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Former Prosecutors. |
Feb 29 2016 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Law and Political Science Scholars. |
Mar 2 2016 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including April 14, 2016. |
Apr 14 2016 | Brief of respondent Louisiana in opposition filed. |
Apr 29 2016 | Reply of petitioner Lamondre Tucker filed. |
May 3 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 19, 2016. |
May 23 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 26, 2016. |
May 31 2016 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Former Appellate Court Jurists GRANTED. |
May 31 2016 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Former Prosecutors GRANTED. |
May 31 2016 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Law and Political Science Scholars GRANTED. |
May 31 2016 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School GRANTED. |
May 31 2016 | Petition DENIED. Justice Breyer, with whom Justice Ginsburg joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion) |
Jun 21 2016 | Petition for Rehearing filed. |
Jul 14 2016 | DISTRIBUTED. |
Aug 8 2016 | Rehearing DENIED. |
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