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Hodge v. Kentucky

Petition for certiorari denied on December 3, 2012

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
11-10974 Ky. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2012

Issue: Whether - despite powerful mitigation - the Kentucky Supreme Court properly applied the Strickland prejudice prong when it required a nexus between the mitigation and the facts of the crime, and by applying additional criteria created an automatic death penalty under the facts of this case?

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
05/21/2012Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 23, 2012)
06/20/2012Brief of respondent Kentucky in opposition filed.
07/03/2012Reply of petitioner Benny Lee Hodge filed. (Distributed)
07/05/2012DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 24, 2012.
09/12/2012Record Requested .
09/26/2012Record received from the Supreme Court of Kentucky (one envelope).
10/15/2012Record received from Commonwealth of Kentucky Letcher Circuit Court (four boxes).
10/25/2012DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 9, 2012.
11/13/2012DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 20, 2012.
11/26/2012DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 30, 2012.
12/03/2012Petition DENIED Justice Sotomayor, dissenting from denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)
04/02/2013Record returned to Supreme Court of Kentucky.
04/02/2013Record returned to Letcher County Circuit Court.