No. 17-7505 *** CAPITAL CASE ***
 
Title: Vernon Madison, Petitioner
v.
Alabama
Docketed: January 19, 2018
Linked with: 17A770
Lower Ct: Circuit Court of Alabama, Mobile County
   Case Numbers: (CC-1985-001385.80)
   Decision Date: January 16, 2018
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Jan 18 2018 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 20, 2018)
Petition Appendix Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis Proof of Service Other
Jan 19 2018 Brief of respondent State of Alabama in opposition filed.
Main Document
Jan 22 2018 Application (17A770) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Main Document Proof of Service
Jan 22 2018 Reply of petitioner Vernon Madison filed.
Main Document Proof of Service
Jan 22 2018 Response to application from respondent State of Alabama filed.
Main Document
Jan 25 2018 UPON CONSIDERATION of the application of counsel for the applicant, IT IS ORDERED that execution of the sentence of death is hereby stayed pending further order of Justice Thomas or of the Court.
Jan 25 2018 Application (17A770) referred to the Court.
Jan 25 2018 Application (17A770) granted by the Court. The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Thomas and by him referred to the Court is granted pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari. Should the petition for a writ of certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event the petition for a writ of certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the issuance of the mandate of this Court. Justice Thomas, Justice Alito, and Justice Gorsuch would deny the application.
Feb 01 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2018.
Feb 20 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/23/2018.
Feb 26 2018 Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED.
Mar 15 2018 Joint motion for an extension of time file the briefs on the merits.
Main Document Proof of Service
Mar 27 2018 Joint motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including May 22, 2018. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 31, 2018.
May 10 2018 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Vernon Madison.
Main Document Proof of Service
May 18 2018 Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Alabama
Blanket Consent
May 21 2018 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Vernon Madison
Blanket Consent Proof of Service
May 22 2018 Brief of petitioner Vernon Madison filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
May 29 2018 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
May 29 2018 Brief amici curiae of American Psychological Association and American Psychiatric Association filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 09 2018 SET FOR ARGUMENT On Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Jul 31 2018 Brief of respondent State of Alabama filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Aug 03 2018 CIRCULATED
Aug 07 2018 Record requested from the Circuit Court of Alabama, Mobile County.
Aug 07 2018 Brief amici curiae of States of Texas, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Aug 07 2018 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Police Organizations filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Aug 14 2018 Record received from the Court of Criminal Appeals State of Alabama. The record is electronic.
Aug 16 2018 Record received from the Circuit Court of Alabama, Mobile County. The record is electronic.
Aug 17 2018 Record received from the Circuit Court of Alabama, Mobile County. 1 envelope.
Aug 24 2018 Record received from the Circuit Court of Mobile Alabama (additional material).
Aug 30 2018 Reply of petitioner Vernon Madison filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 02 2018 Argued. For petitioner: Bryan A. Stevenson, Montgomery, Ala. For respondent: Thomas R. Govan, Jr., Alabama Deputy Attorney General, Montgomery, Ala.
Dec 18 2018 Record received from the Mobile County Circuit Criminal, one box of exhibits.
Feb 27 2019 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Kavanaugh, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Apr 01 2019 MANDATE ISSUED.
Apr 01 2019 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Bryan A. Stevenson
Counsel of Record
122 Commerce Street
Montgomery, AL 36104

Ph: (334) 269-1803
Party name: Vernon Madison


Angela Leigh Setzer
Equal Justice Initiative
122 Commerce Street
Montgomery, AL 36104

asetzer@eji.org
Ph: 3342691803
Party name: Vernon Madison


Attorneys for Respondents
Steven Troy Marshall
Counsel of Record
Office of the Attorney General
501 Washington Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36104

mnewman@ago.state.al.us
Ph: 3342427300
Party name: State of Alabama


Andrew L. Brasher

501 Washington Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36130

abrasher@ago.state.al.us
Ph: 334 353 2609
Party name: Alabama


James Roy Houts
Office of the Alabama Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
P.O. Box 3000152
Montgomery, AL 36130-0152

jhouts@ago.state.al.us
Ph: 3343531513
Party name: State of Alabama


Other Attorneys
Thomas Ryan McCarthy
Counsel of Record
Consovoy McCarthy Park, PLLC
3033 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22201

tom@consovoymccarthy.com
Ph: 7032439423
Party name: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POLICE ORGANIZATIONS


David William Ogden
Counsel of Record
Wilmer Cutler Pickering
1875 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20006

david.ogden@wilmerhale.com
Ph: 202-663-6000
Party name: American Psychological Association and American Psychiatric Association