Panetti v. Quarterman
2007 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Panetti v. Quarterman, 551 U.S. 930 (2007), is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, ruling that criminal defendants sentenced to death may not be executed if they do not understand the reason for their imminent execution, and that once the state has set an execution date death-row inmates may litigate their competency to be executed in habeas corpus proceedings.[1] This decision reaffirmed the Court's prior holdings in Ford v. Wainwright,[2] and Stewart v. Martinez-Villareal.[3]
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Quick Facts Panetti v. Quarterman, Argued April 18, 2007 Decided June 28, 2007 ...
Panetti v. Quarterman | |
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Argued April 18, 2007 Decided June 28, 2007 | |
Full case name | Scott Louis Panetti v. Nathaniel Quarterman, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice |
Docket no. | 06-6407 |
Citations | 551 U.S. 930 (more) 127 S. Ct. 2842; 168 L. Ed. 2d 662 |
Case history | |
Prior | Denial of habeas relief affirmed by the Fifth Circuit, 448 F.3d 815 (5th Cir. 2006); cert. granted, Jan. 5, 2007 |
Holding | |
Criminal defendants sentenced to death may not be executed if they do not understand the reason for their imminent execution, and that once the state has set an execution date death-row inmates may litigate their competency to be executed in habeas corpus proceedings. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Kennedy, joined by Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
Dissent | Thomas, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Alito |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. VIII |
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