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                  No. 24-872

3Sn toe *upreme  (Court of toe Uniteb   tates
         JOHN Q. HAMM, COMMISSIONER,
     ALABAMA  DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,
                                      Petitioner,


         V.
JOSEPH CLIFTON SMITH,


Respondent.


(CAPITAL CASE)


      On Writ of Certiorari to the United States
      Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

BRIEF  OF THE  COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY
AS  AMICUS  CURIAE  SUPPORTING PETITIONER


RUSSELL COLEMAN
Attorney General
MATTHEW F. KUHN
Solicitor General
  Counsel of Record
JOHN H. HEYBURN
Principal Deputy
Solicitor General
CHISTOPHER HENRY
Director of Capital
Litigation


Office of the Kentucky
Attorney General
700 Capital Avenue
Suite 118
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 696-5300
Matt.Kuhn@ky.gov


Counsel for Amicus the Commonwealth of Kentucky