No. 26A414 *** CAPITAL CASE ***
 
Title: Christa Gail Pike, Applicant
v.
Tennessee
Docketed:
Linked with: 26-5696
Lower Ct: Supreme Court of Tennessee, Middle Division
   Case Numbers: (M2020-01156-SC-DPE-DD)
 
Proceedings and Orders
Sep 25 2026 Application (26A414) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
Main Document Proof of Service
Sep 26 2026 Amicus brief of Organizations and Experts in the Field of Trauma and Sexual Violence submitted.
Main Document Proof of Service
Sep 29 2026 Application (26A414) referred to the Court.
Sep 29 2026 Application (26A414) for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Kavanaugh and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioner
Luke Parker Ihnen
Counsel of Record
Federal Defender Services of E. Tenn., Inc.
800 S. Gay Street, Suite 2400
Knoxville, TN 37929
Luke_Ihnen@fd.org
Ph: 8656377979
Party name: Christa Pike


Attorneys for Respondent
Nicholas White Spangler
Counsel of Record
Office of Tennessee Attorney General
300 7th Avenue, North
Nashville, TN 37243
nick.spangler@ag.tn.gov
Ph: 615-741-3486
Party name: State of Tennessee


Other Attorneys
Joseph Margulies
Counsel of Record
Joseph Margulies, Attorney at Law
216 White Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850
Ithaca, NY 14850
jm347@cornell.edu
Ph: 6072162289
Party name: Organizations and Experts in the Field of Trauma and Sexual Violence