| No. 16-8255 *** CAPITAL CASE *** |
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| Title: |
Robert Leroy McCoy, Petitioner v. Louisiana |
| Docketed: | March 9, 2017 |
| Lower Ct: | Supreme Court of Louisiana |
| Case Numbers: | (2014-KA-1449) |
| Decision Date: | October 19, 2016 |
| Rehearing Denied: | December 6, 2016 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Mar 06 2017 | Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 10, 2017) |
| Mar 24 2017 | Brief of respondent Louisiana in opposition filed. |
| Apr 10 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of The Ethics Bureau at Yale filed. |
| Apr 10 2017 | Brief amici curiae of The Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. filed. |
| Apr 11 2017 | Reply of petitioner Robert Leroy McCoy filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 13 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 28, 2017. |
| Apr 24 2017 | Record Requested. |
| Jun 12 2017 | Record received from the Supreme Court of Louisiana (6 boxes). |
| Jun 15 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 25, 2017. |
| Sep 28 2017 | Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition. |
| Nov 13 2017 | Brief of petitioner Robert L.McCoy filed (to be corrected and reprinted). |
| Nov 13 2017 | Joint appendix filed (2 volumes). (Statement of costs filed) Main Document Main Document |
| Nov 13 2017 | Brief of petitioner Robert L. McCoy filed (Corrected brief received 1/10/18). (Distributed) Main Document Proof of Service Other |
| Nov 17 2017 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, January 17, 2018 |
| Nov 17 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Nov 20 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Nov 20 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Ten Law School Professors and the Ethics Bureau at Yale filed. (Distributed) Proof of Service Proof of Service Main Document |
| Nov 20 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of The Criminal Bar Association of England & Wales filed. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Nov 20 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. (Distributed) Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count |
| Nov 22 2017 | CIRCULATED. |
| Dec 13 2017 | Brief of respondent Louisiana filed. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Dec 18 2017 | Record requested from the Supreme Court of Louisiana. |
| Dec 20 2017 | Brief amici curiae of States of Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, and Wyoming filed. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Jan 05 2018 | Reply of petitioner Robert L.McCoy filed. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Jan 17 2018 | Argued. For petitioner: Seth P. Waxman, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Elizabeth Murrill, Solicitor General of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, La. |
| May 14 2018 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. |
| Jun 15 2018 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Jun 15 2018 | MANDATE ISSUED. |
| Jun 20 2018 | Record returned to the Supreme Court of Louisiana (6 boxes). |