No. 18-361

Lael J. Alleyne v. Pennsylvania

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2018-09-19
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: appeal appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process imperfect-self-defense jury-instructions manslaughter self-defense supreme-court-pennsylvania trial-court-error voluntary-manslaughter
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2018-11-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania erred in denying a Petition for Allowance of Appeal despite the trial court's improper exclusion of voluntary manslaughter due to imperfect self-defense in its jury instructions

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania erred in denying a Petition for Allowance of Appeal despite the trial court’s improper exclusion of voluntary manslaughter due to imperfect self-defense in its jury instructions.

Docket Entries

2018-11-19
Petition DENIED.
2018-10-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/16/2018.
2018-09-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 19, 2018)

Attorneys

Lael J. Alleyne
Robert L. Sirianni Jr.Brownstone, P.A., Petitioner