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Jett Garriott Adams v. Dan Shannon, Director, Wyoming Department of Corrections, et al.
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 24-8039 · judgment May 19, 2025
Questions presented
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When this Court held in A/re v. Oklahoma that an indigent defendant must make a threshold showing that their sanity would be a significant factor at trial, what are the conditions that satisfy that threshold showing?
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If a defendant meets the threshold showing, is the denial of psychiatric assistance under Ake v. Oklahoma subject to structural or harmless-error analysis?
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Once a threshold showing is met does the 6th Amendment right to the Assistance of Counsel apply to mental illness pleas in the context of independent psychiatric assistance as it relates to an examination, and assisting in evaluation, preparation and presentation of an affirmative defense?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jett Garriott Adams
Wyoming State Penitentiary
For respondent
Jenny Lynn Craig
Office of the Wyoming Attorney General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 3 conferences
Linked docket
25M43
Proceedings
- Apr 20 2026Rehearing DENIED.
- Apr 01 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2026.
- Mar 04 2026Petition for Rehearing filed.
- Feb 23 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jan 29 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
- Jan 21 2026Waiver of right of respondent Dan Shannon, et al. to respond filed.
- Jan 12 2026Motion (25M43) of petitioner for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal Granted.
- Dec 03 2025Motion (25M43) DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
- Aug 13 2025Motion (25M43) of petitioner for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal filed.
- Aug 13 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 17, 2026)