KANSAS v. CARR

Nos. 14-449, 14-450, 14-452.

136 S.Ct. 633 (2016)

193 L. Ed. 2d 535

KANSAS, Petitioner v. Jonathan D. CARR. Kansas, Petitioner v. Reginald Dexter Carr, Jr. Kansas, Petitioner v. Sidney J. Gleason.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 20, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Derek L. Schmidt , Attorney General, for Petitioner.

Jeffrey T. Green , Washington, D.C., for Respondents in No. 14-449 and in No. 14-452.

Neal K. Katyal , for Respondent in No. 14-450, for the Burden Question.

Stephen R. McAllister , Solicitor General, for Petitioner.

Rachel P. Kovner for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the Petitioner.

Frederick Liu , for Respondent in No. 14-450.

Jeffrey T. Green , Washington, D.C., for Respondent in No. 14-449, for the Severance Question.

Derek Schmidt , Attorney General of Kansas, Jeffrey A. Chanay , Chief Deputy Attorney General, Stephen R. McAllister , Solicitor General of Kansas, Kristafer R. Ailslieger , Deputy Solicitor General, Natalie Chalmers , Assistant Solicitor General, David Lowden , Chief Assistant District Attorney, Topeka, KS, for Petitioner.

Jeffrey T. Green , Clayton G. Northouse , Kelly A. Rosencrans , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C., Sarah O'Rourke Schrup , Northwestern Univ. School of Law, Chicago, IL, Sarah Ellen Johnson , Meryl Carver-Allmond , Capital Appellate Defender Office, Topeka, KS, for Respondent Jonathan D. Carr.

Debra J. Wilson , Capital Appeals and Conflicts Office, Topeka, KS, Neal Kumar Katyal , Frederick Liu , Colleen E.R. Sinzdak , Jaclyn L. DiLauro , Eugene A. Sokoloff , Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, D.C., for Respondent Reginald Dexter Carr, Jr.

Jeffrey T. Green , Tobias S. Loss-Eaton , Brian Corman , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C., Sarah O'Rourke Schrup , Northwestern Univ. School of Law, Chicago, IL, Sarah Ellen Johnson , Meryl Carver-Allmond , Capital Appellate Defender Office, Topeka, KS, for Respondent Sidney J. Gleason.


The Supreme Court of Kansas vacated the death sentences of Sidney Gleason and brothers Reginald and Jonathan Carr. Gleason killed one of his co-conspirators and her boyfriend to cover up the robbery of an elderly man. The Carrs' notorious Wichita crime spree culminated in the brutal rape, robbery...

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