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Docket for 05-11304
No. 05-11304     *** CAPITAL CASE ***  
Title:
LaRoyce Lathair Smith, Petitioner
v.
Texas
Docketed:June 5, 2006
Lower Ct:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
  Case Nos.:(AP-74228)
  Decision Date:March 1, 2006
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
May 30 2006 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 5, 2006)
Jun 7 2006 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 4, 2006.
Jul 28 2006 Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including September 5, 2006.
Sep 5 2006 Brief amici curiae of John J. Gibbons, et al,. filed.
Sep 5 2006 Brief amicus curiae of Constitution Project filed.
Sep 5 2006 Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed.
Sep 13 2006 Reply of petitioner LaRoyce Lathair Smith filed.
Sep 21 2006 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 6, 2006.
Sep 25 2006 Supplemental brief of respondent Texas filed. (Distributed)
Oct 6 2006 Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED.
Oct 19 2006 Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner LaRoyce Lathair Smith.
Oct 25 2006 Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 9, 2006.
Oct 31 2006 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, January 17, 2007.
Nov 13 2006 Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner GRANTED. Jordan Steiker, Esquire of Austin, Texas is appointed to serve as counsel for the petitioner in this case.
Nov 20 2006 Brief amicus curiae of Constitution Project filed.
Nov 20 2006 Joint appendix filed. Joint appendix in two volumes. (Vol.II oversized.)
Nov 20 2006 Brief of petitioner LaRoyce Lathair Smith filed.
Nov 29 2006 CIRCULATED.
Dec 18 2006 Extension of time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits to and including December 29, 2006.
Dec 26 2006 Record received from Court of Criminal Appeals Texas
Dec 27 2006 Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Dec 29 2006 Brief of respondent Texas filed. (Distributed)
Dec 29 2006 Brief amici curiae of California, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 3 2007 Motion for divided argument filed by California, et al. (Distributed)
Jan 5 2007 Motion for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument filed by California, et al. GRANTED.
Jan 10 2007 Reply of petitioner LaRoyce Lathair Smith filed. (Distributed)
Jan 17 2007 Argued. For petitioner: Jordan Steiker, Austin, Tex. (Appointed by this Court.) For respondent: R. Ted Cruz, Solicitor General, Austin, Tex.; and Gene C. Schaerr, Washington, D.C. (for California, et al., as amici curiae.)
Apr 11 2007 Statement of costs for printing received.
Apr 25 2007 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Souter, J., filed a concurring opinion. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia and Thomas, JJ., joined.
May 29 2007 Judgment Issued
Oct 31 2007 Record returned to Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Jordan Steiker Capital Punishment Center(512) 232-1346
    Counsel of RecordUniversity of Texas School of Law
727 East Dean Keeton Street
Austin, TX  78705
jsteiker@law.uttexas.edu
Party name: LaRoyce Lathair Smith
Attorneys for Respondent:
R. Ted Cruz Solicitor General(512) 936-1824
    Counsel of Record Office of the Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548, MC-059
Austin, TX  78711-2548
Ted.Cruz@aog.state.tx.us
Party name: Texas
 
Edward L. Marshall Chief, Post Conviction Litigation Division(512) 936-1400
Office of the Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548
Capitol Station
Austin, TX  78711-2548
edward.marshall@oag.state.tx.us
Party name: Texas
 
Kimberly A. Schaefer Assistant District Attorney(214) 653-3639
133 N. Riverfront Blvd, LB-19
Dallas, TX  75207-4399
Party name: Texas
Other:
Erwin Chemerinsky University of California(949) 824-7722
Irvine School of Law
401 East Peltason Drive
Irvine, CA  92697
echemerinsky@law.uci.edu
Party name: John J. Gibbons, et al,.
 
Gene Schaerr Winston & Strawn LLP(202) 282-5000
1700 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
gschaerr@winston.com
Party name: California, et al.
 
Kent S. Scheidegger Criminal Justice Legal Foundation(916) 446-0345
2131 L Street
Sacramento, CA  95816
brfs@cjlf.org
Party name: Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
 
Seth P. Waxman Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP(202) 663-6000
1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
seth.waxman@wilmerhale.com
Party name: Constitution Project

 

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