Opinion
No. 102 EM 2018 No. 103 EM 2018
09-26-2019
Jermont COX, Petitioner v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent Kevin Marinelli, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondent
Timothy Patrick Kane, Esq., Federal Community Defender Office, Capital Habeas Unit, Stuart Brian Lev, Esq., Helen A. Marino, Esq., Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of PA, Shawn Nolan, Esq., for Cox, Jermont, Petitioner. Justin Anderson, Esq., Ayelet Evrony, Esq., Carter Greenbaum, Esq., Mary Spooner, Esq., Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, L.L.P., for Murder Victims' Family Members Lindell Patterson, Megan Smith, Shannon Coleman and Vicki Schieber, Petitioner Amicus Curiae. Anna Arceneaux, Esq., Cassandra Stubbs, Esq., for American Civil Liberties Union, Capital Punishment Project, Petitioner Amicus Curiae. Marc Alan Bookman, Esq., for Atlantic Center for Capital Representation, Philadelphia, PA, Petitioner Amicus Curiae. Jules Epstein, Esq., Catherine M. Grosso, Esq., for Social Scientists and Researchers Catherine M. Grosso, Jules Epstein, et al., Petitioner Amicus Curiae. Farbod K. Faraji, Esq., Jessica L. Hunter, Esq., Gibbons P.C., Lawrence S. Lustberg, Esq., for Justices, Judges, and Prosecutors, Petitioner Amicus Curiae. Brian T. Feeney, Esq., Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Keith Hammeran, Esq., Caroline Heller, Esq., Elliot H. Scherker, Esq., for The Innocence Network and Witness to Innocence, Petitioner Amicus Curiae. Marsha Levick, Esq., Juvenile Law Center, for Juvenile Law Center and Youth Sentencing and Reentry Project, Petitioner Amicus Curiae. Jennifer Allison Merrigan, Esq., Phillips Black, David Rudovsky, Esq., John R. Mills, Esq., for The Pennsylvania Prison Society and Legal Scholars, Petitioner Amicus Curiae. David Richman, Esq., Pepper Hamilton LLP, for NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Petitioner Amicus Curiae. Mary Catherine Roper, Esq., Nyssa E. Taylor, Esq., Witold J. Walczak, Esq. American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, for ACLU of PA, Petitioner Amicus Curiae. Ronald Eisenberg, Esq., Joshua D. Shapiro, Esq., James Patrick Barker, Esq., Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office, Paul M. George, Esq., Lawrence Samuel Krasner, Esq., Nancy L. Winkelman, Esq., Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, Joanna Rebecca Hess Kunz, Esq., Hugh J. Burns Jr., Esq., William Ross Stoycos, Esq., for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondent. Matthew Hermann Haverstick, Esq., Mark Edward Seiberling, Esq., Shohin Hadizadeh Vance, Esq., Joshua John Voss, Esq. Kleinbard LLC, for Martin, Senator Scott, Yaw, Senator Gene, Hutchinson, Senator Scott, Folmer, Senator Mike, Baker, Senator Lisa, Langerholc, Senator Wayne, Bartolotta, Senator Camera, Brooks, Senator Michele, Scarnati, Senator Joseph, Gordner, Senator John, Aument, Senator Ryan, Scavello, Senator Mario, Ward, Senator Kim, Respondent Amicus Curiae. Quintes D. Taglioli, Esq., Markowitz & Richman, for Pennsylvania Lodge Fraternal Order of Police, Respondent Amicus Curiae. Rodney A. Corey, Esq., Thomas Walter Dymek, Esq., James Guthrie Mann, Esq., Pennsylvania House of Representatives, for Republican Caucus of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Respondent Amicus Curiae. Richard Aaron Goldinger, Esq., Jill Marie Graziano, Esq., Lindsay Elizabeth Vaughan, Esq., for Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association, Respondent Amicus Curiae.
Timothy Patrick Kane, Esq., Federal Community Defender Office, Capital Habeas Unit, Stuart Brian Lev, Esq., Helen A. Marino, Esq., Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of PA, Shawn Nolan, Esq., for Cox, Jermont, Petitioner.
Justin Anderson, Esq., Ayelet Evrony, Esq., Carter Greenbaum, Esq., Mary Spooner, Esq., Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, L.L.P., for Murder Victims' Family Members Lindell Patterson, Megan Smith, Shannon Coleman and Vicki Schieber, Petitioner Amicus Curiae.
Anna Arceneaux, Esq., Cassandra Stubbs, Esq., for American Civil Liberties Union, Capital Punishment Project, Petitioner Amicus Curiae.
Marc Alan Bookman, Esq., for Atlantic Center for Capital Representation, Philadelphia, PA, Petitioner Amicus Curiae.
Jules Epstein, Esq., Catherine M. Grosso, Esq., for Social Scientists and Researchers Catherine M. Grosso, Jules Epstein, et al., Petitioner Amicus Curiae.
Farbod K. Faraji, Esq., Jessica L. Hunter, Esq., Gibbons P.C., Lawrence S. Lustberg, Esq., for Justices, Judges, and Prosecutors, Petitioner Amicus Curiae.
Brian T. Feeney, Esq., Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Keith Hammeran, Esq., Caroline Heller, Esq., Elliot H. Scherker, Esq., for The Innocence Network and Witness to Innocence, Petitioner Amicus Curiae.
Marsha Levick, Esq., Juvenile Law Center, for Juvenile Law Center and Youth Sentencing and Reentry Project, Petitioner Amicus Curiae.
Jennifer Allison Merrigan, Esq., Phillips Black, David Rudovsky, Esq., John R. Mills, Esq., for The Pennsylvania Prison Society and Legal Scholars, Petitioner Amicus Curiae.
David Richman, Esq., Pepper Hamilton LLP, for NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Petitioner Amicus Curiae.
Mary Catherine Roper, Esq., Nyssa E. Taylor, Esq., Witold J. Walczak, Esq. American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, for ACLU of PA, Petitioner Amicus Curiae.
Ronald Eisenberg, Esq., Joshua D. Shapiro, Esq., James Patrick Barker, Esq., Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office, Paul M. George, Esq., Lawrence Samuel Krasner, Esq., Nancy L. Winkelman, Esq., Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, Joanna Rebecca Hess Kunz, Esq., Hugh J. Burns Jr., Esq., William Ross Stoycos, Esq., for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondent.
Matthew Hermann Haverstick, Esq., Mark Edward Seiberling, Esq., Shohin Hadizadeh Vance, Esq., Joshua John Voss, Esq. Kleinbard LLC, for Martin, Senator Scott, Yaw, Senator Gene, Hutchinson, Senator Scott, Folmer, Senator Mike, Baker, Senator Lisa, Langerholc, Senator Wayne, Bartolotta, Senator Camera, Brooks, Senator Michele, Scarnati, Senator Joseph, Gordner, Senator John, Aument, Senator Ryan, Scavello, Senator Mario, Ward, Senator Kim, Respondent Amicus Curiae.
Quintes D. Taglioli, Esq., Markowitz & Richman, for Pennsylvania Lodge Fraternal Order of Police, Respondent Amicus Curiae.
Rodney A. Corey, Esq., Thomas Walter Dymek, Esq., James Guthrie Mann, Esq., Pennsylvania House of Representatives, for Republican Caucus of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Respondent Amicus Curiae.
Richard Aaron Goldinger, Esq., Jill Marie Graziano, Esq., Lindsay Elizabeth Vaughan, Esq., for Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association, Respondent Amicus Curiae.
ORDER
PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 26th day of September, 2019, upon consideration of the "Applications for Extraordinary Relief Under King's Bench Jurisdiction" and the associated briefing and oral presentations, the Court declines to exercise its extraordinary King's Bench jurisdiction, and the applications are DENIED on this basis.
Discrete review of properly presented claims will proceed in the individual cases, subject to the jurisdictional limits of the post-conviction courts.