Decided

No. 18-1259

Brett Jones v. Mississippi

from the Court of Appeals of Mississippi

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Docket Entries

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

MANDATE ISSUED.

Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kavanaugh, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., Alito, Gorsuch, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Breyer and Kagan, JJ., joined.

Argued. For petitioner: David M. Shapiro, Chicago, Ill. For respondent: Krissy C. Nobile, Deputy Solicitor General, Jackson, Miss.; and Frederick Liu, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)

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

Reply of petitioner Brett Jones filed. (Distributed)

Record of the Supreme Court of Mississippi electronically received (includes circuit court record).

CIRCULATED

Record requested from the Supreme Court of Mississippi.

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

Brief amici curiae of National Organization of Victims of Juvenile Murderers, et al. filed. (9/4/2020) (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Populi filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed.

Brief amici curiae of State of Indiana, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.

Brief of respondent Mississippi filed.

Brief amici curiae of Erwin Chemerinsky, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of The ACLU Foundation, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of The American Bar Association filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Jonathan F. Mitchell & Adam K. Mortara in support of neither party filed.

Brief amici curiae of Current and Former Prosecutors, Department of Justice Officials, and Judges filed.

Brief amici curiae of Madge Jones, Tony Jones, Marty Jones and Nicolle Olson filed.

Brief amici curiae of Juvenile Law Center, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. filed.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)

Brief of petitioner Brett Jones filed.

Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including June 5, 2020. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 14, 2020. Petitioner's reply brief on the merits is due pursuant to Rule 25.3.

Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.

Petition GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2020.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2020.

Brief of respondent Mississippi in opposition filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 11, 2019.

Motion of Scholars of Criminal Law for leave to file amicus brief not accepted for filing. (Corrected verison submitted).

Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 22, 2019 to June 11, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.

Motion of Mississippi for an extension of time not accepted for filing. (May 28, 2019)

Response Requested. (Due May 22, 2019)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2019.

Waiver of right of respondent Mississippi to respond filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 29, 2019)

Application (18A840) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until March 29, 2019.

Application (18A840) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 27, 2019 to March 29, 2019, submitted to Justice Alito.

Parties

Brett Jones, Petitioner, represented by David Michael Shapiro

Amici Curiae

Current and Former Prosecutors, Department of Justice Officials, and Judges, Amicus Curiae, represented by Mary B. McCord

Erwin Chemerinsky, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Harry Sandick

Jonathan F. Mitchell & Adam K. Mortara, Amicus Curiae, represented by Taylor Ann Rausch Meehan

Juvenile Law Center, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and 65 Other Organizations and Individuals, Amicus Curiae, represented by Nicole A. Saharsky

Madge Jones, Tony Jones, Marty Jones and Nicolle Olson, Amicus Curiae, represented by Angela C. Vigil

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Mississippi Office of State Public Defender, and the Mississippi Public Defenders Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ginger D. Anders

SCHOLARS OF CRIMINAL LAW, Amicus Curiae, represented by Harry Sandick

The American Bar Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Judy Perry Martinez

The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, The ACLU of Mississippi, The American Conservative Union Foundation, The Rutherford Institute, The R Street Institute, and Larry W. Yackle, Amicus Curiae, represented by David D. Cole

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Elizabeth B. Prelogar

 
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