Petition DENIED Statement of Justice Sotomayor respecting the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2017.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2017.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2017.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/3/2017.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/27/2017.

Rescheduled.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/13/2017.

Record received from the Supreme Court of Alabama. The record is electronic.

Record Requested.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/25/2017.

Brief of respondent Alabama in opposition filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including July 26, 2017.

Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 26, 2017)

Application (16A949) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until May 22, 2017.

Application (16A949) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 20, 2017 to May 22, 2017, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Christopher Anthony Floyd, Petitioner, represented by Randall S. Susskind

Alabama, Respondent, represented by Beth Jackson Hughes

Alabama, Respondent, represented by Thomas R. Govan