No. 18-200
Michigan v. Charles Damon Jones
Response Waived
Tags: appellate-review criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process inconsistent-verdicts judicial-discretion jury-confusion jury-instructions jury-nullification jury-verdict jury-verdicts legal-standard new-trial sufficiency-of-evidence trial-procedure verdict-inconsistency
Key Terms:
DueProcess
DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2018-10-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Michigan Court of Appeals erred in granting a new trial based on an inconsistent jury verdict, even though irreconcilable jury verdicts are not grounds for relief
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
STATEMENT OF THE QUESTION I. Irreconcilable jury verdicts are not grounds for relief, and courts are not to speculate as to why a jury returned an inconsistent verdict. Respondent’s jury here returned an inconsistent verdict, which the Michigan Court of Appeals speculated was based on confusion and on that basis granted Respondent a new trial. Did the Court of Appeals err in granting relief? “ie
Docket Entries
2018-10-15
Petition DENIED.
2018-09-27
Waiver of right of respondent Charles Damon Jones to respond filed.
2018-09-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/12/2018.
2018-06-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 14, 2018)
Attorneys
Charles Damon Jones
Stephanie L. Arndt — Fieger, Fieger, Kenney & Harrington, P.C., Respondent
Stephanie L. Arndt — Fieger, Fieger, Kenney & Harrington, P.C., Respondent
Michigan
David A. McCreedy — Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Petitioner
David A. McCreedy — Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Petitioner