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Kentucky v. Larry Lamont White

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Kentucky, No. 2014-SC-000725-MR · judgment March 26, 2020

Certiorari denied · December 7, 2020

Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition and a petition citing three to ten dissents.

Question presented

Whether a capital defendant can waive a claim of intellectual disability under Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002), and its progeny.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Matthew Franklin Kuhn
Office of Attorney General of Kentucky

For respondent
Kathleen Kallaher Schmidt
Department of Public Advocacy

Case

Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Order
Order list, December 7, 2020 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

Dec 07 2020
Petition DENIED.
Nov 10 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
Nov 09 2020
Reply of petitioner Commonwealth of Kentucky filed. (Distributed)
Oct 27 2020
Brief of respondent Larry Lamont White in opposition filed.
Sep 28 2020
Brief amici curiae of The States of Arizona, et al. filed.
Sep 18 2020
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 28, 2020.
Sep 17 2020
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 28, 2020 to October 28, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Aug 24 2020
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 28, 2020)