Cruel & Unusual Punishment Clause

KAHLER v. KANSAS, 589 U.S. ___ (2020)

Issues: Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Cruel & Unusual Punishment Clause, Eighth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Insanity Defense

140 S.Ct. 1021 (2020) 589 U.S. ___ James K. KAHLER, Petitioner v. KANSAS. No. 18-6135.Supreme Court of United States. Argued October 7, 2019.Decided March 23, 2020.ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF KANSAS Counsel Derek Schmidt, Attorney General of Kansas, Jeffrey A. Chanay, Chief Deputy Attorney, General, Toby Crouse, Solicitor General of Kansas, […]

BUCKLEW v. PRECYTHE, 587 U.S. ___ (2019)

Issues: Constitutional Law, Cruel & Unusual Punishment Clause, Death Penalty, Eighth Amendment

139 S.Ct. 1112 (2019) Russell BUCKLEW, Petitioner v. Anne L. PRECYTHE, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections, et al. No. 17-8151.Supreme Court of United States. Argued November 6, 2018.Decided April 1, 2019.ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. Cheryl A. Pilate, Morgan Pilate LLC, Kansas City, MO, Robert […]

MADISON v. ALABAMA, 586 U.S. ___ (2019)

Issues: Constitutional Law, Cruel & Unusual Punishment Clause, Death Penalty, Eighth Amendment

NOTICE: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the preliminary print of the United States Reports. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D. C. 20543, of any typographical or other formal errors, in order that corrections may be made before the preliminary […]

MOORE v. TEXAS, 586 U.S. ___ (2019)

Issues: Atkins Claim, Cruel & Unusual Punishment Clause, Due Process of Law, Eighth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES BOBBY JAMES MOORE v. TEXAS ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS No. 18?443. Decided February 19, 2019 ?PER CURIAM. In 2015, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that petitioner, Bobby James Moore, did not have intellectual disability and consequently was […]

SHOOP v. HILL, 586 U.S. ___ (2019)

Issues: Atkins Claim, Cruel & Unusual Punishment Clause, Death Penalty, Eighth Amendment

ROPER v. SIMMONS, 543 U.S. 551 (2005)

Issues: Cruel & Unusual Punishment Clause, Death Penalty, Eighth Amendment

No. 03-633. 543 U.S. 551 (2005) ROPER, SUPERINTENDENT, POTOSI CORRECTIONAL CENTER v. SIMMONS Supreme Court of United States. Argued October 13, 2004. Decided March 1, 2005. Attorney(s) appearing for the Case James R. Layton,?State Solicitor of Missouri, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were?Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon,?Attorney General, and?Stephen D. Hawke?and?Evan […]

MILLER v. ALABAMA, 132 S.Ct. 2455 (2012)

Issues: Constitutional Law, Cruel & Unusual Punishment Clause, Eighth Amendment, Juveniles

132 S.Ct. 2455 (2012) 567 U.S. 460 183 L.Ed.2d 407 Evan MILLER, Petitioner v. ALABAMA. Kuntrell Jackson, Petitioner v. Ray Hobbs, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction. Supreme Court of United States. Nos. 10-9646, 10-9647. Argued March 20, 2012. Decided June 25, 2012. Headnotes CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — Cruel and Unusual Punishment — Juvenile Homicide Offenders — […]

BROWN v. PLATA, 131 S.Ct. 1910 (2011)

Issues: Constitutional Law, Cruel & Unusual Punishment Clause, Eighth Amendment, Prison Litigation Reform Act, Prisoner's Rights

131 S.Ct. 1910 (2011) 563 U.S. 493 Edmund G. BROWN, Jr., Governor of California, et al., Appellants, v. Marciano PLATA et al. Supreme Court of United States. No. 09-1233. Argued November 30, 2010. Decided May 23, 2011. Headnotes CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — Cruel and Unusual Punishment — California Prison Population Limit — Right to Adequate Medical […]

MOORE v. TEXAS, 581 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Atkins Claim, Cruel & Unusual Punishment Clause, Death Penalty, Due Process of Law, Eighth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _________________ No. 15?797 _________________ BOBBY JAMES MOORE, PETITIONER v. TEXAS ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS [March 28, 2017] No. 15?797.?Argued November 29, 2016?Decided March 28, 2017 Syllabus Petitioner Moore was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for fatally shooting a […]

ARTHUR v. DUNN, 580 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Cruel & Unusual Punishment Clause, Death Penalty, Eighth Amendment, Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES THOMAS D. ARTHUR v. JEFFERSON S. DUNN, ?COMMISSIONER, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT ??OF CORRECTIONS, ET AL. ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 16?602. Decided February 21, 2017 ?The motion of Certain Medical Professionals and Medical Ethicists for leave to […]

Sireci v. Florida, No. 16-5247 (12/12/2016)

Issues: Cruel & Unusual Punishment Clause, Death Penalty

United States Supreme Court HENRY PERRY SIRECI v. FLORIDA, (2016) No. 16-5247 Argued: ????Decided: December 12, 2016 The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE BREYER, dissenting from denial of certiorari. Henry Sireci, the petitioner, was tried, convicted of murder, and first sentenced to death in 1976. He has lived in prison under […]

Glossip v. Gross, 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

Issues: Cruel & Unusual Punishment Clause, Death Penalty, Eighth Amendment

NOTE:?Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued.The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader.See United States v. Detroit […]

AYERS v. BELMONTES, 549 U.S. 7 (2006)

Issues: Constitutional Law, Cruel & Unusual Punishment Clause, Death Penalty, Eighth Amendment, Sentencing

127 S. Ct. 469 (2006) 549 U.S. 7 AYERS, Acting Warden v. BELMONTES. No. 05-493. Supreme Court of United States. Argued October 3, 2006. Decided November 13, 2006. *471 Mark A. Johnson, for petitioner. Eric S. Multhaup, for respondent. Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of the State of California, Mary Jo Graves, Chief Assistant Attorney General, […]

Baze v. Rees, 553 U.S. 35 (2008)

Issues: Cruel & Unusual Punishment Clause, Death Penalty, Eighth Amendment

128 S. Ct. 1520 (2008) Ralph BAZE and Thomas C. Bowling, Petitioners, v. John D. REES, Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Corrections, et al. No. 07-5439. Supreme Court of United States. Argued January 7, 2008.Decided April 16, 2008. *1525 Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., for petitioners. Roy T. Englert, Jr., for respondents. Gregory G. Garre, for the […]

ATKINS v. VIRGINIA, 536 U.S. 304 (2002)

Issues: Atkins Claim, Cruel & Unusual Punishment Clause, Death Penalty, Eighth Amendment

536 U.S. 304 536 U.S. 304 ATKINSv.VIRGINIA. No. 00-8452. Supreme Court of the United States. Argued February 20, 2002. Decided June 20, 2002. CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA Petitioner Atkins was convicted of capital murder and related crimes by a Virginia jury and sentenced to death. Affirming, the Virginia Supreme Court relied on […]

Correll v. Florida, 577 U.S. ___ (2015)

Issues: Cruel & Unusual Punishment Clause, Death Penalty

JERRY WILLIAM CORRELL v. FLORIDA Nos. 15-6551, 15A424.Supreme Court of the United States. Decided October 29, 2015.The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to JUSTICE THOMAS and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE BREYER, dissenting from denial of certiorari and […]

Lockett v. Ohio, 438 U.S. 586 (1978)

Issues: Cruel & Unusual Punishment Clause, Death Penalty, Eighth Amendment

438 U.S. 586 98 S.Ct. 2954 57 L.Ed.2d 973 Sandra LOCKETT, Petitioner, v. State of OHIO. No. 76-6997. Argued Jan. 17, 1978. Decided July 3, 1978. Syllabus The Ohio death penalty statute provides that once a defendant is found guilty of aggravated murder with at least one of seven specified aggravating circumstances, the death penalty […]

Hurst v. Florida, 577 U.S. ___ (2016)

Issues: Cruel & Unusual Punishment Clause, Death Penalty, Sixth Amendment

GARDNER v. FLORIDA, 430 U.S. 349 (1977)

Issues: Cruel & Unusual Punishment Clause, Death Penalty, Eighth Amendment, Sentencing

430 U.S. 349 97 S.Ct. 1197 51 L.Ed.2d 393 Daniel Wilbur GARDNER, Petitioner,v.State of FLORIDA. No. 74-6593. Argued Nov. 30, 1976. Decided March 22, 1977. Syllabus Petitioner was convicted of first-degree murder in a Florida court. After the required separate sentencing hearing, the jury advised the court to impose a life sentence on the ground […]

Maxwell v. Florida, 479 U.S. 972 (1986)

Issues: Cruel & Unusual Punishment Clause, Death Penalty, Eighth Amendment

479 U.S. 972 107 S.Ct. 474 93 L.Ed.2d 418 Chester Levon MAXWELL v. FLORIDA No. 86-5541 Supreme Court of the United States November 17, 1986 On petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Florida. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice BRENNAN, dissenting. Adhering to my view that the […]