Criminal Procedure – Page 4

MCGEHEE v. HUTCHINSON, 581 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Death Penalty

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _________________ No. 16A1003 (16?8770) _________________ JASON FARRELL MCGEHEE, ET AL . v.?ASA HUTCHINSON, GOVERNOR OF? ?ARKANSAS, ET AL ??????????? . ON APPLICATION FOR STAY AND PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF ??APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT [April 20, 2017] ?The application for stay of […]

MCGEHEE v. HUTCHINSON, 581 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Death Penalty

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _________________ No. 16A1003 (16?8770) _________________ JASON FARRELL MCGEHEE, ET AL . v.?ASA HUTCHINSON, GOVERNOR OF? ?ARKANSAS, ET AL . ON APPLICATION FOR STAY AND PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF ??APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT [April 20, 2017] ?The application for stay of execution […]

DEAN v. UNITED STATES, 581 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Criminal Law, Sentencing, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines

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 […]

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 […]

MANUEL v. CITY OF JOLIET, 580 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Fourth 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 […]

RUIZ v. TEXAS, 580 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Death Penalty

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _________________ No. 16A841 (16?7792) _________________ ROLANDO RUIZ v. TEXAS ON APPLICATION FOR STAY [March 7, 2017] ?The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Thomas and by him referred to the Court is denied. Justice Breyer, dissenting. Petitioner Rolando Ruiz has been on death […]

PENA-RODRIGUEZ v. COLORADO, 580 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Sixth Amendment

BECKLES v. UNITED STATES, 580 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Due Process Clause, Retroactivity, Sentencing, Void for Vagueness Doctrine

ELMORE v. HOLBROOK, 580 U.S. ___ (2016)

Issues: Death Penalty, Right to Counsel, Sixth Amendment

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES CLARK ELMORE v. DONALD R. HOLBROOK, SUPERINTENDENT, WASHINGTON? ?STATE PENITENTIARY ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED ?STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT No. 15?7848. Decided October 17, 2016 ?The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE GINSBURG ?joins, […]

REED v. LOUISIANA, 580 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Death Penalty

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES MARCUS DANTE REED v. LOUISIANA ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME ?COURT OF LOUISIANA No. 16?656 Decided February 27, 2017 ?The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE BREYER, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. Marcus Dante Reed was sentenced to death in Caddo […]

BUCK v. DAVIS, 580 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Appeals, Civil Procedure, Effective Assistance of Counsel, Right to Counsel, Sixth Amendment

Briefs: Petitioner’s Brief Respondent’s Brief Petitioner’s Reply Brief 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 […]

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 […]

BURT v. TITLOW, 571 U.S. ___ (2013)

Issues: Criminal Procedure, Right to Counsel, Sixth Amendment

RYAN v. GONZALES, 568 U.S. ___ (2013)

Issues: Right to Counsel, Sixth Amendment

133 S.Ct. 696 (2013) 184 L. Ed. 2d 528 Charles L. RYAN, Petitioner v. Ernest Valencia GONZALES. Terry Tibbals, Petitioner v. Sean Carter. Supreme Court of United States. Nos. 10-930, 11-218. Argued October 9, 2012. Decided January 8, 2013. Counsel: Thomas C. Home, Attorney General, Phoenix, AZ, for Petitioner. Ann O’Connell, for the United States […]

DELAWARE v. PROUSE, 440 U.S. 648 (1979)

Issues: Criminal Procedure, Fourth Amendment, Vehicle Searches

99 S.Ct. 1391 DELAWARE v. PROUSE. CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF DELAWARE No. 77-1571. Argued January 17, 1979 Decided March 27, 1979 A patrolman in a police cruiser stopped an automobile occupied by respondent and seized marihuana in plain view on the car floor. Respondent was subsequently indicted for illegal possession of a controlled […]

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 […]

MATTOX v. UNITED STATES, 156 U.S. 237 (1895)

Issues: Confrontation Clause, Criminal Procedure, Sixth Amendment

15 S.Ct. 337 MATTOX v. UNITED STATES. ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS. No. 667. Submitted December 10, 1895. Decided February 4, 1895. Caha v. United States, 152 U.S. 211, followed in holding that the homicide in question in this case having been committed in December, 1889, […]

GRAY v. KELLY, 564 U.S. 1301 (2011)

Issues: Habeas Corpus, Stays

131 S.Ct. 2956 RICKY JAVON GRAY v. LORETTA KELLY, WARDEN. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY. No. 11A210 (11-5545). August 25, 2011. Headnotes: Federal habeas briefing schedule. Gray’s application to stay a Federal District Court order setting a federal habeas briefing schedule pending this Court’s disposition of his petition for a writ of certiorari to Virginia Supreme […]

WELSH v. WISCONSIN, 466 U.S. 740 (1984)

Issues: Criminal Procedure, Exigent Circumstances, Fourth Amendment

104 S.Ct. 2091 WELSH v. WISCONSIN CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN No. 82-5466. Argued October 5, 1983 Decided May 15, 1984 On the night of April 24, 1978, a witness observed a car that was being driven erratically and that eventually swerved off the road, coming to a stop in a field without […]

NIX v. WILLIAMS, 467 U.S. 431 (1984)

Issues: Criminal Procedure, Exclusionary Rule, Independent Source Doctrine, Inevitable Discovery Doctrine, Sixth Amendment

104 S.Ct. 2501 NIX, WARDEN OF THE IOWA STATE PENITENTIARY v. WILLIAMS CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT No. 82-1651. Argued January 18, 1984 Decided June 11, 1984 Following the disappearance of a 10-year-old girl in Des Moines, Iowa, respondent was arrested and arraigned in Davenport, Iowa. The police […]