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Murphy v. Texas

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on May 26, 2015.

Docket No.14-989

Issue

(1) Whether a capital defendant"s intellectual function should be assessed at the time of the crime and trial, as Atkins v. Virginia instructs and as multiple state and federal courts have held, or at some indeterminate later time, as Texas, Alabama, Florida, and Oklahoma have held; and (2) whether a state court's reliance on nondiagnostic criteria and lay observation violates this Court's pronouncements in Atkins and Hall v. Florida that any determination of intellectual disability must be made pursuant to clinical standards.

Proceedings & orders timeline

Feb 17, 2015
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 20, 2015)
Mar 9, 2015
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including April 20, 2015.
Apr 20, 2015
Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed.
May 4, 2015
Reply of petitioner Julius Jerome Murphy filed.
May 5, 2015
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 21, 2015.
May 26, 2015
Petition DENIED.

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