Friday, March 10, 2000
In Re: Rules Governing Capital
Postconviction Actions (on motion for
clarification)
No. #00-242
Place of Origin
Statewide impact
Facts
This case involves temporary court rules applicable to
cases involving death-sentenced inmates after
enactment of the Death Penalty Reform Act of 2000. The
State asks the Court to clarify its Feb. 7, 2000,
order on this subject. Attorneys for death-sentenced
inmates ask the Court to stay the Act in its entirety
until constitutional challenges to it can be settled.