Kuenzel v. Alabama
Certiorari Denied
Petition for certiorari denied on October 31, 1916.
Docket No.16-213
Op. BelowAla. Crim. App.
Issue
Whether it is fundamentally unfair and violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to require a capital habeas petitioner to bring a successive state habeas petition within six months of the discovery of previously unproduced evidence pursuant to Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.2(c), when Alabama Code " 6-5-440 would have simultaneously barred such a suit.
Jun 6, 2016Application (15A1241) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 30, 2016 to August 15, 2016, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Jun 7, 2016Application (15A1241) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until August 15, 2016.
Aug 15, 2016Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 15, 2016)
Sep 15, 2016Brief amicus curiae of Edwin Meese, III filed.
Sep 15, 2016Brief of respondent Alabama in opposition filed.
Oct 5, 2016DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 28, 2016.
Oct 5, 2016Reply of petitioner William Ernest Kuenzel filed. (Distributed)Oct 31, 2016Petition DENIED.
Recommended Citation: Kuenzel v. Alabama, SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/kuenzel-v-alabama/