The U.S. Supreme Court on March 31 dismissed a Missouri death row inmate’s petition seeking review of his conviction for the 2005 murder of a highway patrolman.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented from the denial of the petition. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson joined the six-page dissenting opinion.
For a petition for certiorari, or review, to be granted, at least four of the nine justices must vote to approve it. Approval is normally followed by oral argument.
Sotomayor dissented from the denial of the petition filed by Lance Shockley, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the killing of Sgt. Carl DeWayne Graham Jr., an investigator for the Missouri State Highway Patrol….