Brief for American Association on Mental Retardation, The Arc, the Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, and TASH, Tennard v. Dretke

Authors

James W. Ellis, University of New Mexico - School of LawFollow
Norman C. Bay, University of New Mexico - School of LawFollow
Michael Browde, University of New Mexico - School of LawFollow
Christian G. Fritz, University of New Mexico - School of LawFollow
April Land, University of New Mexico - School of LawFollow
Robert Schwartz, University of New Mexico - School of LawFollow

Document Type

Brief

Publication Date

10-14-2003

Abstract

The obstacles placed by the Fifth Circuit in the path of jurors' fair consideration of a defendant's condition are inconsistent with this Court's teachings about the fundamental importance of the jury's role in determining the appropriate penalty in capital cases.

Publication Title

Supreme Court of the United States

Issue

Nos. 02-10038; 02-11309

First Page

1

Last Page

34

Recommended Citation

James W. Ellis, Norman C. Bay, Michael Browde, Christian G. Fritz, April Land & Robert Schwartz, Brief for American Association on Mental Retardation, The Arc, the Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, and TASH, Tennard v. Dretke, Supreme Court of the United States 1 (2003).
Available at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/law_facultyscholarship/728

Comments

Robert Smith v. Doug Dretke, Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division