No. 14-452
Title:
Kansas, Petitioner
v.
Sidney J. Gleason
Docketed:October 20, 2014
Lower Ct:Supreme Court of Kansas
  Case Nos.:(97, 296)
  Decision Date:July 18, 2014
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oct 16 2014 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 19, 2014)
Dec 2 2014 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including December 19, 2014.
Dec 19 2014 Brief of respondent Sidney J. Gleason in opposition filed.
Dec 19 2014 Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Sidney J. Gleason.
Dec 30 2014 Reply of petitioner Kansas filed.
Jan 7 2015 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 23, 2015.
Feb 9 2015 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 20, 2015.
Feb 23 2015 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 27, 2015.
Mar 2 2015 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 6, 2015.
Mar 9 2015 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 20, 2015.
Mar 23 2015 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 27, 2015.
Mar 30 2015 Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
Mar 30 2015 Petition GRANTED.
Apr 13 2015 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or of neither party recieved from counsel for the petitioner.
Apr 21 2015 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including June 8, 2015.
Apr 21 2015 The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 3, 2015.
Jun 8 2015 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Jun 8 2015 Brief of petitioner Kansas filed.
Jun 11 2015 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent.
Jun 12 2015 Brief amici curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, et al. VIDED (See 14-449 & 14-450) filed.
Jun 19 2015 Motion for scheduling of argument and for divided argument filed by respondents in Nos. 14-449, 14-450 & 14-452. VIDED.
Jun 29 2015 Motion for scheduling of argument and for divided argument filed by respondents in Nos. 14-449, 14-450 & 14-452 GRANTED. VIDED
Jun 29 2015 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
Jul 29 2015 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, October 7, 2015.
Aug 3 2015 Brief of respondent Sidney J. Gleason filed.
Aug 7 2015 CIRCULATED.
Aug 12 2015 Record requested from the Supreme Court of Kansas.
Sep 2 2015 Reply of petitioner Kansas (on mitigation instruction question arguments of respondent Gleason, and respondents in 14-449 & 14-450) filed. (Distributed)
Sep 17 2015 Record received from the Supreme Court of Kansas. (1 Box). part of the record is electronic.
Oct 1 2015 Letter from counsel for petitioner filed. (Distributed)
Oct 7 2015 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
Jan 20 2016 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. (Opinion also for Nos. 14-449 & 14-450)
Feb 23 2016 Judgment Issued
Feb 23 2016 Mandate Issued



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Stephen R. McAllister Solicitor General(785) 296-2215
    Counsel of Record Office of Attorney General
120 S.W. 10th Ave., 2nd Floor
Topeka, KS  66612
steve.mcallister@trqlaw.com
Party name: Kansas
 
Derek L. Schmidt Attorney General(785) 296-2215
120 S.W. 10th Street, 2nd Floor
Topeka, KS  66612
stevermac@fastmail.fm
Party name: Kansas
Attorneys for Respondent:
Sarah E. Johnson Kansas Appellate Defender Office(785) 368-6587
    Counsel of Record700 Jackson, Suite 903
Topeka, KS  66603
sjohnson@sbids.org
Party name: Sidney J. Gleason
 
Jeffrey T. Green Sidley Austin LLP(202) 736-8000
1501 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20005
jgreen@sidley.com
Party name: Sidney J. Gleason
Other:
Kent S. Scheidegger Criminal Justice Legal Foundation(916) 446-0345
2131 L Street
Sacramento, CA  95816
briefs@cjlf.org
Party name: Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, et al.