Arthur v. Alabama
Petition for certiorari denied on January 23, 2017
Issue: (1) Whether Alabama's advisory-jury death-sentencing scheme, which is in all relevant aspects the same as the Florida scheme reviewed in Hurst v. Florida, violates the Sixth Amendment; (2) whether Hurst and the Sixth and Eighth Amendments require, at least, a unanimous jury recommendation for a sentence of death, as the Florida Supreme Court held on remand in Hurst; and (3) whether the Supreme Court's decision in Hurst applies retroactively to the petitioner's case, and the cases of other condemned inmates sentenced under unconstitutional capital sentencing laws, when the new rule announced in Hurst implicates the fundamental right to a fair trial and substantially enhances fact-finding procedures.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Petition of the day (Kate Howard, November 24, 2016)
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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11/03/2016 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 5, 2016) |
11/03/2016 | Application (16A450) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Thomas. |
11/03/2016 | Brief of respondent Alabama in opposition filed. |
11/03/2016 | Response to application from respondent Alabama filed. |
11/03/2016 | Reply of petitioner Thomas Douglas Arthur filed. |
11/07/2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 22, 2016. |
11/08/2016 | Rescheduled. |
11/15/2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 2, 2016. |
11/23/2016 | Rescheduled. |
12/05/2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 9, 2016. |
12/27/2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 6, 2017. |
01/09/2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 13, 2017. |
01/17/2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 19, 2017. |
01/23/2017 | Petition DENIED. |