| ~~Date~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Feb 1 2001 | Petition for writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in |
| | forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 8, 2001) |
| Mar 8 2001 | Brief of respondent Virginia in opposition filed. |
| Mar 14 2001 | Reply brief of petitioner Daryl R. Atkins filed. |
| Mar 22 2001 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 13, 2001 |
| Mar 29 2001 | Supplemental brief of petitioner Daryl R. Atkins filed. |
| Apr 4 2001 | Supplemental brief of respondent Virginia filed. |
| Apr 10 2001 | Supplemental brief of petitioner Daryl R. Atkins (Second Supplement) |
| | filed. |
| Sep 17 2001 | REDISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 24, 2001 |
| Sep 25 2001 | Petition GRANTED. |
| | SET FOR ARGUMENT February 20, 2002. |
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| Oct 3 2001 | Motion of respondent to dismiss the writ of certiorari as |
| | improvidently granted filed. |
| Oct 5 2001 | Response to motion of respondent to dismiss requested. Due, close |
| | of business, October 15, 2001. |
| Oct 15 2001 | Brief of petitioner in reply to respondent's motion to dismiss the |
| | writ of certiorari as improvidently granted filed. |
| Oct 22 2001 | Motion DISTRIBUTED. October 26, 2001 (Page 30) |
| Oct 29 2001 | Motion of respondent to dismiss the writ of certiorari as |
| | improvidently granted DENIED. |
| Nov 6 2001 | Order extending time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's |
| | brief on the merits to and including November 30, 2001. Order |
| | extending time to file respondent's brief on the merits to and |
| | including January 14, 2002. |
| Nov 19 2001 | Motion of amici filers in No. 00-8727, McCarver v. North Carolina, |
| | to have their amici curiae briefs considered in support of |
| | petitioner in this case filed. |
| Nov 29 2001 | Brief of petitioner Daryl Renard Atkins filed. |
| Nov 29 2001 | Joint appendix filed. |
| Nov 29 2001 | * Joint appendix in three volumes |
| Nov 29 2001 | LODGING consisting of twenty bound copies of photographs from the |
| | ATM, referred to in the joint appendix, |
| Nov 30 2001 | Motion of amici filers in No. 00-8727, McCarver v. North Carolina, |
| | to have their amicic briefs considered in support of petitioner in |
| | this case DISTRIBUTED. |
| Dec 3 2001 | Motion of amici filers in No. 00-8727, McCarver v. North Carolina, |
| | to have their amici curiae briefs considered in support of |
| | petitioner in this case GRANTED. |
| Jan 10 2002 | CIRCULATED. |
| Jan 10 2002 | Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed. |
| Jan 11 2002 | Brief of respondent Virginia filed. |
| Jan 14 2002 | Brief amicus curiae of States of Alabama, Mississippi, et al. filed. |
| Jan 22 2002 | Motion of petitioner for appointment of counsel filed. |
| Jan 24 2002 | Letter from counsel for McCarver amici received and distributed. |
| Jan 30 2002 | Motion DISTRIBUTED. February 15, 2002 (Page 38) |
| Feb 12 2002 | Reply brief of petitioner Daryl R. Atkins filed. |
| Feb 15 2002 | Motion for appointment of counsel GRANTED and it is ordered that |
| | Robert E. Lee, Esquire, of Charlottesville, Virginia, is appointed |
| | to serve as counsel for the petitioner in this case. |
| Feb 20 2002 | ARGUED. |
| Jun 20 2002 | Adjudged to be REVERSED and REMANDED Steven, J., delivered the |
| | opinion of the Court, in which O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, |
| | Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Rehnquist, C.J., filed a |
| | dissenting opinion, in which Scalia and Thomas, JJ., joined. |
| | Scalia, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Rehnquist, C.J., |
| | and Thomas, J., joined. |
| Jul 19 2002 | |
| | MANDATE ISSUED. |
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| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioner: | | |
| Robert E. Lee | Suite 301 | 8048172970 |
| 2421 Ivy Road | |
| Charlottesville, VA 22901 | |
| Party name: Daryl R. Atkins |
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| Attorneys for Respondent: | | |
| Pamela A. Rumpz | Assistant Attorney General | 8047864624 |
| 900 E. Main Street | |
| Richmond, VA 23219 | |
| Party name: Virginia |
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| Other Attorneys: | | |
| Robert E. Hirshon | American Bar Association | 3129885000 |
| 750 N. Lake Shore Drive | |
| Chicago, IL 60611 | |
| Party name: American Bar Association |
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| Mark E. Chopko | U.S. Catholic Conference | 2025413300 |
| 3211 Fourth Street, N.E. | |
| Washington, DC 20017 | |
| Party name: United States Catholic Conference, et al. |
| | | |
| Paul M. Smith | Jenner & Block | 2026396000 |
| 601 13th Street, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20005 | |
| Party name: American Psychological Association, et al. |
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| Richard J. Wilson | Washington College of Law | 2022744147 |
| 4801 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20016 | |
| Party name: Eurpoean Union |
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| James W. Ellis | 1117 Stanford, N.E. | 5052772146 |
| Albuquerque, NM 87131 | |
| Party name: American Association on Mental Retardation, et al. |
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| Larry W. Yackle | Boston Univ. School of Law | 6173532826 |
| 765 Commonwealth Ave. | |
| Boston, MA 02215 | |
| Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, et al. |
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| Harold Hongju Koh | Yale Law School | 2034324932 |
| 127 Wall Street | |
| New Haven, CT 06511 | |
| Party name: Morton Abramowitz, et al. |
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| Charles L. Hobson | Criminal Justice Foundation | 9164460345 |
| 2131 L Street | |
| Sacramento, CA 95816 | |
| Party name: Criminal Justice Legal Foundation |
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