STATE v. CARR

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debra J. Wilson , of Capital Appeals and Conflicts Office, argued the cause, and Reid T. Nelson , of the same office, was with her on the briefs for appellant.

David Lowden , special appointed prosecutor, argued the cause, and Marc Bennett , district attorney, and Derek Schmidt , attorney general, were with him on the briefs for appellee.

Sharon Brett , of ACLU Foundation of Kansas, of Overland Park, and Cassandra Stubbs , pro hac vice, and Brian W. Stull , pro hac vice, of American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, of Durham, North Carolina, were on the brief for amici curiae Concerned Conservatives About the Death Penalty, Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Dalton Glasscock, Steve Becker, Al Terwelp, Bob Weeks, Carolyn Zimmerman, Celeste Dixon, Bill Lucero, Msgr. Stuart Swetland, Catholic Mobilizing Network, Dominican Sisters and Associates of Peace of the Roman Catholic Church, Mount St. Scholastica, Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Office of Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation, Sister Christina Meyer, Bishop Ruben Saenz Jr., Robert Sanders, Michael Birzer, and the American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Kansas.

Alice Craig , of Lawrence, was on the brief for amicus curiae Midwest Innocence Project, joined by Witness to Innocence and Floyd Bledsoe.

Elizabeth Cateforis , Clinical Professor of Law, University of Kansas School of Law, of Lawrence, and Alexis J. Hoag , pro hac vice, Lecturer and Associate Research Scholar, Columbia Law School, of New York, New York, were on the brief for amici curiae group of law professors and scholars.