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McWILLIAMS v. DUNN

No. 16-5294.

137 S.Ct. 1790 (2017)

582 U.S. 183

James E. McWILLIAMS, Petitioner v. Jefferson S. DUNN, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 19, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Bright , Atlanta, GA, appointed by this Court, for Petitioner.

Andrew L. Brasher , Solicitor General, for Respondents.

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. , Michael B. DeSanctis , Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Washington, DC, Joshua S. Meltzer , Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, San Francisco, CA, Stephen B. Bright , Mark Loudon-Brown , Patrick Mulvaney , Atlanta, GA, for Petitioner.

Steven T. Marshall , Alabama Attorney General, Andrew L. Brasher , Solicitor General, Henry M. Johnson , Megan A. Kirkpatrick , Assistant Attorneys General, Office of the Alabama Attorney General, Montgomery, AL, for Respondents.

Thirty-one years ago, petitioner James Edmond McWilliams, Jr., was convicted of capital murder by an Alabama jury and sentenced to death. McWilliams challenged his sentence on appeal, arguing that the State had failed to provide him with the expert mental health assistance the Constitution requires...

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