Maples v. Thomas
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| Maples v. Thomas | ||||||
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| Argued October 4, 2011 Decided January 18, 2012 | ||||||
| Full case name | Cory S. Maples v. Kim T. Thomas, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections | |||||
| Docket nos. | 10-63 | |||||
| Citations | 565 U.S. ___ (more) | |||||
| Prior history | Conviction affirmed sub nom. Maples v. State, 758 So.2d 1 (Ala. Crim. App. 1999); Ex parte Maples, 758 So.2d 81 (Ala. 1999); denial of petition for postconviction relief affirmer, Ex parte Maples, 885 So.2d 845 (Ala. Crim. App. 2004); petition for habeas corpus relief denied sub nom. Maples v. Campbell, No. 5:03-CV-2399-SLB-PWG (N.D. Ala. September 29, 2006); affirmed sub nom. Maples v. Allen, 586 F.3d 879 (11th Cir. 2009) | |||||
| Holding | ||||||
| Maples has shown the requisite “cause” to excuse his procedural default due to the abandonment of his attorneys during a critical stage of his appeals. | ||||||
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| Majority | Ginsburg, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan | |||||
| Concurrence | Alito | |||||
| Dissent | Scalia, joined by Thomas | |||||
Maples v. Thomas, 565 U.S. ___ (2012), is a United States Supreme Court ruling in which the Court ruled 7–2 that Cory R. Maples, who had been convicted of murdering two people and faced a possible death sentence, should get another opportunity court because his lawyers at Sullivan & Cromwell had abandoned him.[1]
Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas dissented from the Court's holding, arguing that the procedural default shouldn't be excused.
References
- ↑ "Justices Rule for Inmate After Mailroom Mix-Up". New York Times. January 18, 2012.
Further reading
- Bruhl, Aaron-Andrew P. (2011). "When Is Finality ... Final? Rehearing and Resurrection in the Supreme Court". Journal of Appellate Practice and Process 12 (1): 1.
External links
- Maples v. Thomas at supremecourt.gov
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