Hamm v. Smith

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598 U. S. ____

(2023) 1 THOMAS, J., dissenting SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES JOHN Q. HAMM, COMMISSIONER, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. KENNETH EUGENE SMITH ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 22–580. Decided May 15, 2023 The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE THOMAS, with whom JUSTICE ALITO joins, dis- senting from the denial of certiorari. In 1988, Kenneth Eugene Smith and an accomplice mur- dered Elizabeth Sennett for $1,000 apiece. The State of Al- abama sentenced Smith to death. Last…