Legal Opinion
Hamm v. Smith
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 4, 2024No. 23-167PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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604 U. S. ____
(2024) 1 Per Curiam SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES JOHN Q. HAMM, COMMISSIONER, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. JOSEPH CLIFTON SMITH ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 23–167. Decided November 4, 2024 PER CURIAM. Joseph Clifton Smith was sentenced to death for the mur- der of Durk Van Dam. The U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama vacated Smith’s death sen- tence after concluding that he is intellectually disabled. See Atkins v. Virginia,
536 U. S. 304
(2002). Smith has ob-…
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