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Thaler v. McGowen

Petition for certiorari denied on November 26, 2012

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
12-82	5th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2012

Issue: Whether Eighth Amendment harmless-error review applies when a capital-sentencing jury is precluded from considering relevant mitigating evidence.

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Petition of the day (Ben Cheng, September 22, 2012)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
07/17/2012	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 20, 2012)
08/03/2012	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 22, 2012.
08/17/2012	Brief amicus curiae of National District Attorneys Association filed.
08/20/2012	Brief amici curiae of Alabama, et al. filed.
10/22/2012	Brief of respondent Roger Wayne McGowen in opposition filed.
10/22/2012	Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Roger Wayne McGowen.
11/02/2012	Reply of petitioner Rick Thaler, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division filed. (Distributed)
11/05/2012	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 20, 2012.
11/26/2012	Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
11/26/2012	Petition DENIED.

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