U.S. Supreme Court
Mar. 21, 2012
Supreme Court grants two death row cases
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear two state challenges to federal court rulings that have delayed executions of mentally incompetent death row prisoners.
By Robert Iafolla
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear two state challenges to federal court rulings that have delayed executions of mentally incompetent death row prisoners.
The court will consider Arizona's bid to overrule a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision freezing the habeas corpus proceedings of convicted murderer Ernest Valencia Gonzales. The stay is pending a determination into whether he can competently communicate ...
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