Legal Opinion
Warner v. Gross
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 15, 2015No. 14-7955Relating-toCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The application for stays of execution of sentences of death presented to Justice SOTOMAYOR and by her referred to the Court is denied.
2DissentJustice Sotomayor, joined by Justice Ginsburg, Justice Breyer, and Justice KAGANjoin
Charles Warner is to be executed tonight. He and three other Oklahoma death row inmates filed a petition for certiorari and an application for stays of their executions, contending that Oklahoma's lethal injection protocol violates the Eighth Amendment. I believe that petitioners have made the showing necessary to obtain a stay, and dissent from the Court's refusal to grant one.
I
Oklahoma had originally scheduled Warner's execution for April 29, 2014,…
3Cases cited4 opinions
- Barefoot v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Baze v. ReesSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- Hill v. McDonoughSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- Warner v. GrossCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2015
4Cited by3 opinions
- Glossip v. GrossSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
- Ladd v. LivingstonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2015
- Garcia White v. Brad LivingstonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2015