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Application (06A1191) denied by the Court.
Rehearing DENIED. (orders list)
Application (06A1191) referred to the Court by Justice Thomas.
Application (06A1232) to suspend the effect of the denial of the petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Application (06A1232) denied by Justice Thomas.
Supplemental response filed by respondent William Terry, Warden.
Supplemental brief of petitioner John Washington Hightower filed.
Response to application from respondent William Terry, Warden filed.
Application (06A1191) for stay of execution of sentence of death pending the disposition of the petition for rehearing, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Petition for Rehearing filed.
Petition DENIED. (orders list)
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Cornell Law School Death Penalty Project GRANTED. (orders list)
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. GRANTED. (orders list)
Reply of petitioner John Washington Hightower filed. (Distributed)
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Cornell Law School Death Penalty Project.
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
Brief of respondent William Terry, Warden in opposition filed.
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 6, 2007)
Application (06A543) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until February 8, 2007.
Application (06A543) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 10, 2006 to February 8, 2007, submitted to Justice Thomas.
John Washington Hightower, Petitioner, represented by Mark L. Whitaker
William Terry, Warden, Respondent, represented by Susan V. Boleyn
Cornell Law School Death Penalty Project, Amicus Curiae, represented by Sheri Lynn Johnson
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Christina Swarns