Singleton v. Norris

Petitioner Charles Laverne Singleton has petitioned this court for a stay of his execution, which is scheduled for March 11, 1998. The basis for his petition is the fact that he currently has pending before the Jefferson County Circuit Court a petition for declaratory judgment and for the issuance of all writs and orders necessary to enforce that declaratory judgment. According to Singleton’s petition for stay before this court, the essential question presented in the circuit court petition is “whether the State may forcibly medicate a death-sentenced inmate in order to make him competent to…