Prosecuting Attorney, 21st Judicial Circuit, ex rel. Marcellus Williams v. Missouri

Emergency application for stay of execution is denied on Sept. 24, 2024. Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson would grant the application for stay.

Docket No.	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
24a290	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2024

Issue: Whether the Supreme Court should stay the execution of Marcellus Williams to review issues of constitutional errors, racism, and bad faith at his trial.

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Supreme Court allows Marcellus Williams to be executed (Amy Howe, September 25, 2024)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
09/23/2024	Application (24A290) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
09/24/2024	Application (24A290) referred to the Court.
09/24/2024	Application (24A290) 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. Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and Justice Jackson would grant the application for stay of execution of sentence of death.
09/24/2024	Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed.