No. 14-450
Title:
Kansas, Petitioner
v.
Reginald Dexter Carr, Jr.
Docketed:October 20, 2014
Lower Ct:Supreme Court of Kansas
  Case Nos.:(90,044 )
  Decision Date:July 25, 2014
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oct 16 2014 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 19, 2014)
Oct 16 2014 Appendix of Kansas (2-volumes) filed.
Nov 17 2014 Brief of respondent Reginald Dexter Carr, Jr. in opposition filed.
Nov 17 2014 Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Reginald Dexter Carr, Jr.
Nov 25 2014 Reply of petitioner Kansas filed.
Dec 3 2014 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 9, 2015.
Dec 10 2014 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 9, 2015.
Jan 6 2015 Rescheduled.
Feb 25 2015 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 20, 2015.
Mar 23 2015 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 27, 2015.
Mar 30 2015 Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
Mar 30 2015 Petition GRANTED limited to Questions 1 and 3 presented by the petition. The motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 14-449 are granted limited to Questions 1 and 3 presented by the petition. The cases are consolidated and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument.
Apr 13 2015 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or of neither party received from counsel for the petitioners. VIDED
Apr 21 2015 The Clerk has approved use of the deferred joint appendix method, and the joint appendix is to be filed on or before August 10, 2015. VIDED
Apr 21 2015 The time to file petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including June 8, 2015. VIDED
Apr 21 2015 The time to file respondents' briefs on the merits is extended to and including August 3, 2015. VIDED
Jun 5 2015 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefsl in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsl for the respondent. VIDED.
Jun 8 2015 Brief of petitioner Kansas filed (Reprinted). VIDED.
Jun 12 2015 Brief amici curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, et al. filed. VIDED.
Jun 15 2015 Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. VIDED.
Jun 19 2015 Motion for scheduling of argument and for divided argument filed by respondents in Nos. 14-449, 14-450 & 14-452. VIDED.
Jun 23 2015 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. VIDED.
Jun 29 2015 Motion for scheduling of argument and for divided argument filed by respondents in Nos. 14-449, 14-450 & 14-452 GRANTED. VIDED.
Jun 29 2015 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. VIDED
Jun 29 2015 Upon consideration of the joint motion of respondents for scheduling of argument and for divided argument, and of the motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument in Nos. 14- 449 and 14-450, the following allocation of oral argument time is adopted. A total of one hour is allocated for oral argument in No. 14-452, and on Question 1 in Nos. 14-449 and 14-450, to be divided as follows: 30 minutes for petitioner, 20 minutes for respondents Jonathan D. Carr and Sidney J. Gleason, and 10 minutes for respondent Reginald D. Carr. A total of one hour is allocated for oral argument on Question 2 in Nos. 14-449 and 14-450, to be divided as follows: 20 minutes for petitioner, 10 minutes for the Solicitor General, 20 minutes for respondent Reginald D. Carr, and 10 minutes for respondent Jonathan D. Carr. VIDED
Jul 29 2015 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, October 7, 2015.
Aug 3 2015 Brief of respondent Reginald Dexter Carr, Jr. filed. (Reprinted)
Aug 7 2015 CIRCULATED.
Aug 10 2015 Brief amicus curiae of The Promise of Justice Initiative filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Aug 12 2015 Record requested from the Supreme Court of Kansas.
Aug 13 2015 Joint appendix filed (2 volumes). (Statement of costs filed.) VIDED. (Distributed)
Sep 2 2015 Reply of petitioner Kansas (on the severance question) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Sep 24 2015 Record received from the Supreme Court of Kansas, (2 Boxes) part of the record is electronic.
Oct 1 2015 Letter from counsel for petitioner filed. (Distributed)
Oct 5 2015 Joint letter from counsel for respondents in 14-449 & 14-450 filed. (Distributed)
Oct 7 2015 Argued (Burden Question). For petitioner: Derek L. Schmidt, Attorney General, Topeka, Kan. For respondent in 14-452 & 14-449: Jeffrey T. Green, Washington, D. C. For respondent in 14-450: Neal K. Katyal, Washington, D. C. VIDED
Oct 7 2015 Argued (Severance Question). For petitioner: Stephen R. McAllister, Solicitor General, Topeka, Kan.; and Rachel P. Kovner, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent in 14-450: Frederick Liu, Washington, D. C. For respondent in 14-449: Jeffrey T. Green, Washington, D. C. VIDED
Jan 20 2016 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Scalia, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion. VIDED. (Opinion also for No. 14-452)
Feb 23 2016 Judgment Issued
Feb 23 2016 Mandate Issued



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Stephen R. McAllister Solicitor General(785) 296-2215
    Counsel of Record Office of Attorney General
120 S.W. 10th Ave., 2nd Floor
Topeka, KS  66612
steve.mcallister@trqlaw.com
Party name: Kansas
Attorneys for Respondent:
Neal Kumar Katyal Hogan Lovells US LLP(202) 637-5600
    Counsel of Record555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20004
neal.katyal@hoganlovells.com
Party name: Reginald Dexter Carr, Jr.
 
Sarah E. Johnson Kansas Appellate Defender Office(785) 368-6587
700 Jackson, Suite 903
Topeka, KS  66603
sjohnson@sbids.org
Party name: Jonathan D. Carr
 
Frederick Liu Hogan Lovells US LLP(202) 637-5600
555 Thirteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC  20004
frederick.liu@hoganlovells.com
Party name: Reginald Dexter Carr, Jr.
 
Debra J. Wilson Capital and Conflicts Appellate Defender(785) 296-1833
Capital Appeals and Conflicts Office
701 S.W. Jackson, Third Floor
Topeka, KS  66603-3714
dwilson@sbids.org
Party name: Reginald Dexter Carr, Jr.
Other:
G. Ben Cohen 636 Baronne Street (504) 529-5955
New Orleans, LA  70113
bcohen@thejusticecenter.org
Party name: The Promise of Justice Initiative
 
Kent S. Scheidegger Criminal Justice Legal Foundation(916) 446-0345
2131 L Street
Sacramento, CA  95816
briefs@cjlf.org
Party name: Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, et al.
 
Donald B. Verrilli Jr. Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: the United States