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Cert. Denied in Delayed Capital Cases

By Kent Scheidegger et al.

The Supreme Court denied certiorari this morning in several capital cases it had been sitting on since the fall, when it took up the lethal injection case of Baze v. Rees. The cases include Taylor v. Crawford (Missouri), No. 07-303, Biros v. Strickland, No. 07-6243, and Cooey v. Strickland, No. 07-6234, both from Ohio, Berry v. Epps (Mississippi), No. 07-7348, and Arthur v. Allen (Alabama), No. 07-395. As previously noted here, the stay of execution previously granted in Berry terminates automatically upon the denial of certiorari. Ditto in Arthur. The Court also denied certiorari in other capital cases that had not been held up, but were briefed and decided on a normal schedule, e.g., Bower v. Quarterman (Texas), No. 07-8315 and Nicklasson v...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on April 21, 2008 (boomark / email).