No. 18-361
Lael J. Alleyne v. Pennsylvania
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
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