from the Circuit Court of Alabama, Mobile County
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JUDGMENT ISSUED.
MANDATE ISSUED.
Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Kavanaugh, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Record received from the Mobile County Circuit Criminal, one box of exhibits.
Argued. For petitioner: Bryan A. Stevenson, Montgomery, Ala. For respondent: Thomas R. Govan, Jr., Alabama Deputy Attorney General, Montgomery, Ala.
Record requested from the Circuit Court of Alabama, Mobile County.
SET FOR ARGUMENT On Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
Brief of petitioner Vernon Madison filed.
Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED.
Application (17A770) granted by the Court. The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Thomas and by him referred to the Court is granted pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari. Should the petition for a writ of certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event the petition for a writ of certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the issuance of the mandate of this Court. Justice Thomas, Justice Alito, and Justice Gorsuch would deny the application.
Application (17A770) referred to the Court.
UPON CONSIDERATION of the application of counsel for the applicant, IT IS ORDERED that execution of the sentence of death is hereby stayed pending further order of Justice Thomas or of the Court.
Response to application from respondent State of Alabama filed.
Reply of petitioner Vernon Madison filed.
Application (17A770) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Brief of respondent State of Alabama in opposition filed.
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 20, 2018)
Vernon Madison, Petitioner, represented by Angela Leigh Setzer
Vernon Madison, Petitioner, represented by Bryan A. Stevenson
State of Alabama, Respondent, represented by James Roy Houts
American Psychological Association and American Psychiatric Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by David William Ogden