Legal Opinion
Panetti v. Quarterman
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 28, 2007No. 06-6407PublishedCited by 1,299 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
“[T]he Eighth Amendment prohibits a State from carrying out a sentence of death upon a prisoner who is insane.” Ford v. Wainwright, 477 U. S. 399, 409-410 (1986). The prohibition applies despite a prisoner’s earlier competency to be held responsible for committing a crime and to be tried for it. Prior findings of competency do not foreclose a prisoner from proving he is incompetent to be executed because of his present mental condition. Under Ford, oncé a prisoner makes the requisite preliminary showing that his current mental state would bar his execution, the Eighth Amend*935ment, applicable to…
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