| ~~Date~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Feb 28 2001 | Application (A00-746) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, |
| | submitted to The Chief Justice. |
| Feb 28 2001 | Petition for writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in |
| | forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 30, 2001) |
| Mar 1 2001 | Brief of respondent in opposition filed. |
| Mar 1 2001 | Reply brief of petitioner filed. |
| Mar 1 2001 | Application (A00-746) referred to the Court by the Chief Justice. |
| Mar 1 2001 | Application (A00-746) granted by the Court. |
| Mar 8 2001 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 23, 2001 |
| Mar 26 2001 | Petition GRANTED. limited to Question 1 presented by the petition. |
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| Apr 2 2001 | Motion of petitioner for appointment of counsel filed. |
| Apr 4 2001 | Motion DISTRIBUTED. April 20, 2001 (Page 4) |
| Apr 18 2001 | Order extending time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's |
| | brief on the merits to and including June 8, 2001. |
| Apr 23 2001 | Motion for appointment of counsel GRANTED and it is ordered that |
| | Seth R. Cohen, Esquire, of Greensboro, North Carolina, is |
| | appointed to serve as counsel for the petitioner in this case. |
| May 4 2001 | Motion of respondent to supplement the record filed. |
| May 7 2001 | Blanket consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of |
| | either party received from counsel for the petitioner and counsel |
| | for the respondent. |
| May 14 2001 | Response to respondent's motion to supplement the record filed. |
| May 15 2001 | Motion DISTRIBUTED. May 31, 2001 (Page 3) |
| May 31 2001 | Joint appendix filed. |
| Jun 4 2001 | Motion of respondent to supplement the record GRANTED. |
| Jun 6 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. |
| Jun 7 2001 | LODGING consisting of twenty copies of draft publication"Death |
| | without Justice: A Guide for Examining the Administration of Death |
| | Penalty in the US", June 2001, submitted by counsel for amicus |
| | ABA. |
| Jun 8 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of United States Catholic Conference filed. |
| Jun 8 2001 | Brief amici curiae of American Psychological Association, et al. |
| | filed. |
| Jun 8 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of European Union filed. |
| Jun 8 2001 | Brief amici curiae of American Association on Mental Retardation, et |
| | al. filed. |
| Jun 8 2001 | Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. |
| Jun 8 2001 | Brief of petitioner Ernest Paul McCarver filed. |
| Jun 8 2001 | Brief amici curiae of Morton Abramowitz, et al. filed. |
| Jun 26 2001 | Supplement to the Joint appendix filed. |
| Jul 3 2001 | Order extending time to file respondent's brief on the merits to |
| | and including August 17, 2001. |
| Jul 3 2001 | Letter from counsel for amici Morton Abramowitz, et al. received. |
| Aug 6 2001 | Suggestion of mootness filed by respondent. |
| Aug 6 2001 | Order extending time to file brief of respondent on the merits |
| | until September 17, 2001. |
| Aug 20 2001 | Response to suggestion of mootness filed by petitioner. |
| Sep 5 2001 | Order further extending time to file respondent's brief on the |
| | merits to and including October 15, 2001. |
| Sep 17 2001 | Motion DISTRIBUTED. September 24, 2001 (page 126) |
| Sep 25 2001 | Writ of certiorari DISMISSED as improvidently granted. |
| Oct 25 2001 | MANDATE ISSUED. |
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| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioner: | | |
| Seth R. Cohen | Smith James Rowlett & Cohen | 3362742992 |
| 101 S. Elm Street, Suite 310 | |
| Greensboro, NC 27402 | |
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| Attorneys for Respondent: | | |
| Edwin W. Welch | Associate Attorney General | 9197166577 |
| Post Office Box 629 | |
| Raleigh, NC 27602 | |
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| Other Attorneys: | | |
| Martha W. Barnett | ABA | 3129885000 |
| 750 N. Lake Shore Drive | |
| Chicago, IL 60611 | |
| Party name: American Bar Association |
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| Mark E. Chopko | US Catholic Conference | 2025413300 |
| 3211 Fourth Street, NE | |
| Washington, DC 20017 | |
| Party name: United States Catholic Conference |
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| Paul M. Smith | Jenner & Block | 2026396000 |
| 601 Thirteenth Street, NW | |
| Washington, DC 20005 | |
| Party name: American Psychological Association, et al. |
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| Richard J. Wilson | Washington College of Law, AU | 2022744147 |
| 4801 massachusetts Ave., NW | |
| Washington, DC 20016 | |
| Party name: European Union |
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| James W. Ellis | 1117 Stanford NE | 5052772146 |
| Albuquerque, NM 87131 | |
| Party name: American Association on Mental Retardation, et al. |
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| Larry W. Yackle | Boston University Law School | 6173532826 |
| 765 Commonwealth Ave. | |
| Boston, MA 02215 | |
| Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, et al. |
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| Harold Hongju Koh | Lowenstein Internatl.Human Rig | 2034324932 |
| 127 Wall Street | |
| New haven, CT 06511 | |
| Party name: Morton Abramowitz, et al. |
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