Court Opinion

ID: 9440346
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 16:39:58.365442+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:27:32.075736
License: Public Domain

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge,
dissenting from the denial of en banc review.
I was a member of the panel in this case. With the one qualification noted in the opinion, I fully support the decision that the panel reached. Nevertheless, I regret the denial of rehearing en banc. This case is unlike any other our circuit has considered. Despite my confidence in the panel’s judgment, I believe that the issues raised by the imposition of the death penalty are so important and challenging that our decision here — and future decisions — should be informed by the views of colleagues who wish to contribute to the circuit’s developing jurisprudence in this area. I therefore respectfully dissent from denial of the petition for en banc review.