Legal Opinion
Carey Dale Grayson v. Warden, Commissioner, Alabama DOC
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 1, 2017No. 16-16876PublishedCited by 141 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge.
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On July 1, 2002, the State of Alabama chose lethal injection, rather than electrocution, as its preferred method of implementing capital punishment. 1 The Alabama Department of Corrections (“ADOC”) thereafter adopted a three-drug protocol to administer the injection. 2 The United
States Supreme Court describéd an identical protocol; as implemented by the State of Kentucky, in Baze v. Rees, 553 U.S. 35, 128 S.Ct. 1520, 170 L.Ed.2d 420 (2008):
The first drug, sodium thiopental ..., is a fast-acting barbiturate sedative that induces a deep, comalike unconsciousness when…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Taylor v. SturgellSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- Baze v. ReesSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
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3Cited by141 opinions
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- Bobby Joe Long v. Secretary, Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2019
- Geoffrey West v. Commissioner, Alabama DOCCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2017
- Michael Nance v. Commissioner, Georgia Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2020
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