Legal Opinion
Whitmore Ex Rel. Simmons v. Arkansas
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 24, 1990No. 88-7146PublishedCited by 2,723 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rehnquist
This case presents the question whether a third party has standing to challenge the validity of a death sentence imposed on a capital defendant who has elected to forgo his right of appeal to the State Supreme Court. Petitioner Jonas Whitmore contends that the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments prevent the State of Arkansas from carrying out the death sentence imposed on Ronald Gene Simmons without first conducting a mandatory appellate review of Simmons’ conviction and sentence. We hold that petitioner lacks standing, and therefore dismiss the writ of certiorari.
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