STATE EX REL. CLAYTON v. GRIFFITH

No. SC 94841.

457 S.W.3d 735 (2015)

STATE EX REL. Cecil CLAYTON, Petitioner, v. Cindy GRIFFITH, in Her Capacity as Warden, Potosi Correctional Center, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, en banc.

Opinion issued March 14, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clayton was represented by Jeannie Willibey of the public defender's office in Kansas City, (816) 889-7699; Pete Carter of the public defender's office in Columbia, (573) 777-9977; Elizabeth Unger Carlyle , an attorney in Kansas City, (816) 525-6540; and Susan M. Hunt , another attorney in Kansas City, (816) 221-4588.

The state was represented by Michael J. Spillane, Caroline M. Coulter and Gregory Michael Goodwin of the attorney general's office in Jefferson City, (573) 751-3321.


On February 6, 2015, this Court scheduled the execution of Petitioner Cecil Clayton ("Clayton") for March 17, 2015. On March 10, 2015, Clayton filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus claiming that he is not competent to be executed under Ford v. Wainwright, 477 U.S. 399, 106 S.Ct....

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