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.

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
07/14/2014	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 14, 2015)
08/11/2015	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including September 14, 2015.
08/14/2015	Brief amici curiae of The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, et al. filed.
09/09/2015	Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including October 14, 2015.
10/14/2015	Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed.
10/27/2015	Reply of petitioner Juan Lizcano filed.
10/28/2015	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 13, 2015.
11/09/2015	Record Requested .
11/13/2015	Record received from the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas. The record is electronic.
11/17/2015	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 4, 2015.
12/07/2015	Petition DENIED.