In 2002 Peter M. Racher attended a presentation about the American Bar Association’s Death Penalty Representation Project. Beginning shortly after that, attorneys at Plews Shadley Racher and Braun have represented Domineque Ray, an inmate on Alabama’s death row since he was sentenced in 1999. Today, represented by Peter, Theresa M. Willard, and Josh S. Tatum, Mr. Ray is asking the United States Supreme Court to reconsider taking his case. Mr. Ray’s attorneys filed a petition for rehearing on his behalf on November 18, 2016.

Mr. Ray challenges his conviction and sentence based on allegations that the prosecution unconstitutionally withheld helpful evidence and because he received ineffective assistance of counsel arising from his state-appointed lawyers’ failure to investigate and present evidence mitigating the severity of the crimes for which he was convicted. Download a more detailed description of Mr. Ray’s case here.

Here are selected documents important to Mr. Ray’s case:

• Mr. Ray’s Petition for Rehearing, November 18, 2016
• Mr. Ray’s Reply supporting certiorari, Oct. 1, 2016
•  Alabama’s Respondent’s Brief in Opposition to Certiorari, Sept. 19, 2016
• Mr. Ray’s Supplemental Brief based on Rauf v. State, No. 39, 2016 (Del. Aug. 2, 2016), Aug. 25, 2016
• Mr. Ray’s Petition for Certiorari, July 18, 2016
• Mr. Ray’s Petition for Panel Rehearing in the Eleventh Circuit, Jan. 27, 2016
• Decision of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Ray v. Ala. Dep’t of Corr., 809 F.3d 1202 (11th Cir. 2016)
• Mr. Ray’s Reply in the Eleventh Circuit, May 11, 2015
• Alabama’s Brief of Appellee, Apr. 24, 2015
• Mr. Ray’s Appellant’s Brief, Mar. 23, 2015
• Mr. Ray’s Motion for Reconsideration on Appealability, Sept. 10, 2014
• Mr. Ray’s Application for Certificate of Appealability, Dec. 27, 2013
• Mr. Ray’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, Sept. 19, 2011
• Decision of the Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama, Ray v. State, 80 So. 3d 965 (2011)
• Decision of Dallas County Circuit Court, Aug. 6, 2007
• Helpful documents withheld from trial counsel (coming soon—available on request)

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