Mandate Issued

Judgment Issued

Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Scalia, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion. VIDED. (Opinion also for No. 14-452)

Argued (Severance Question). For petitioner: Stephen R. McAllister, Solicitor General, Topeka, Kan.; and Rachel P. Kovner, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent in 14-450: Frederick Liu, Washington, D. C. For respondent in 14-449: Jeffrey T. Green, Washington, D. C. VIDED

Argued (Burden Question). For petitioner: Derek L. Schmidt, Attorney General, Topeka, Kan. For respondent in 14-452 & 14-449: Jeffrey T. Green, Washington, D. C. For respondent in 14-450: Neal K. Katyal, Washington, D. C. VIDED

Joint letter from counsel for respondents in 14-449 & 14-450 filed. (Distributed)

Letter from counsel for petitioner filed. (Distributed)

Record received from the Supreme Court of Kansas, (2 Boxes) part of the record is electronic.

Reply of petitioner Kansas (on the severance question) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Joint appendix filed (2 volumes). (Statement of costs filed.) VIDED. (Distributed)

Record requested from the Supreme Court of Kansas.

Brief amicus curiae of The Promise of Justice Initiative filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED.

Brief of respondent Reginald Dexter Carr, Jr. filed. (Reprinted)

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, October 7, 2015.

Motion for scheduling of argument and for divided argument filed by respondents in Nos. 14-449, 14-450 & 14-452 GRANTED. VIDED.

Upon consideration of the joint motion of respondents for scheduling of argument and for divided argument, and of the motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument in Nos. 14- 449 and 14-450, the following allocation of oral argument time is adopted. A total of one hour is allocated for oral argument in No. 14-452, and on Question 1 in Nos. 14-449 and 14-450, to be divided as follows: 30 minutes for petitioner, 20 minutes for respondents Jonathan D. Carr and Sidney J. Gleason, and 10 minutes for respondent Reginald D. Carr. A total of one hour is allocated for oral argument on Question 2 in Nos. 14-449 and 14-450, to be divided as follows: 20 minutes for petitioner, 10 minutes for the Solicitor General, 20 minutes for respondent Reginald D. Carr, and 10 minutes for respondent Jonathan D. Carr. VIDED

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. VIDED

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. VIDED.

Motion for scheduling of argument and for divided argument filed by respondents in Nos. 14-449, 14-450 & 14-452. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, et al. filed. VIDED.

Brief of petitioner Kansas filed (Reprinted). VIDED.

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefsl in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsl for the respondent. VIDED.

The time to file petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including June 8, 2015. VIDED

The Clerk has approved use of the deferred joint appendix method, and the joint appendix is to be filed on or before August 10, 2015. VIDED

The time to file respondents' briefs on the merits is extended to and including August 3, 2015. VIDED

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or of neither party received from counsel for the petitioners. VIDED

Petition GRANTED limited to Questions 1 and 3 presented by the petition. The motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 14-449 are granted limited to Questions 1 and 3 presented by the petition. The cases are consolidated and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument.

Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 27, 2015.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 20, 2015.

Rescheduled.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 9, 2015.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 9, 2015.

Reply of petitioner Kansas filed.

Brief of respondent Reginald Dexter Carr, Jr. in opposition filed.

Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Reginald Dexter Carr, Jr.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 19, 2014)

Appendix of Kansas (2-volumes) filed.

Kansas, Petitioner, represented by Stephen R. McAllister

Jonathan D. Carr, Respondent, represented by Sarah E. Johnson

Reginald Dexter Carr, Jr., Respondent, represented by Debra J. Wilson

Reginald Dexter Carr, Jr., Respondent, represented by Neal Kumar Katyal

Reginald Dexter Carr, Jr., Respondent, represented by Frederick Liu

Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Kent S. Scheidegger

The Promise of Justice Initiative, Amicus Curiae, represented by G. Ben Cohen

the United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Donald B. Verrilli Jr.