No. 18-5243

Curumulathu Jacob v. Virginia

Lower Court: Virginia
Docketed: 2018-07-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction notice-clause sixth-amendment stare-decisis void-ab-initio
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can a state maintain a judgment which was entered absent jurisdiction under its own stare decisis ruling and which is a violation of the Sixth Amendment's Notice Clause and the Fourteenth Amendment's Due process Clause?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Can a state maintain a judgment which was entered absent jurisdiction under its own stare decisis ruling and which is a violation of the Sixth Amendment’s Notice Clause and the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due process Clause? 2. Did the state, under its own laws, acquire jurisdiction to enter a judgment in this case? ; 3. Is the judgment in this case void ab initio due to a due process violation? 2 ;

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-07
Waiver of right of respondent Virginia to respond filed.
2018-06-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 15, 2018)

Attorneys

Curumulathu Jacob
Curumulathu Jacob — Petitioner
Curumulathu Jacob — Petitioner
Virginia
Toby Jay HeytensOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Toby Jay HeytensOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent