Ballard v. Pennsylvania
Petition for certiorari denied on June 23, 2014
| Docket No. |
Op. Below | Argument |
Opinion |
Vote |
Author |
Term |
| 13-9364 |
Pa. |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
OT 2013 |
Issue: Whether Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, 807(b) and 808, combined with the state's practice of refusing to individually identify mitigating circumstances on the jury verdict form, deprive capital defendants of their Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights under the United States Constitution.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
|---|
| Feb 7 2014 | Application (13A826) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 19, 2014 to April 20, 2014, submitted to Justice Alito. |
| Feb 12 2014 | Application (13A826) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until March 21, 2014. |
| Mar 21 2014 | Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 24, 2014) |
| May 7 2014 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including June 6, 2014. |
| May 14 2014 | Brief of respondent Pennsylvania in opposition filed. |
| May 28 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 12, 2014. |
| Jun 9 2014 | Letter of June 2, 2014, from petitioner received. (Distributed) |
| Jun 16 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 19, 2014. |
| Jun 23 2014 | Petition DENIED. Marc Bookman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is hereby directed to file within 40 days a response to the June 2, 2014, letter filed by Michael Ballard in this matter. |
| Jul 8 2014 | Letter of July 8, 2014, from Marc Bookman received. |
| Jul 14 2014 | Letter of July 14, 2014, from counsel for respondent received. |
| Jul 16 2014 | Letter of July 16, 2014, from Marc Bookman received. |
| Aug 11 2014 | The letters of June 2, July 8, July 14, and July 16, 2014, received in this case, are referred to the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania for any investigation or action it finds appropriate. |
