No. 18-5700
Jerry Docaj v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al.
IFP
Tags: criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance jury-instructions manslaughter miranda-rights passion-provocation sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment CriminalProcedure HabeasCorpus Securities
DueProcess FifthAmendment CriminalProcedure HabeasCorpus Securities
Latest Conference:
2018-10-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the jury instruction on passion/provocation manslaughter misstated the law
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED Mr. Docaj seeks leave to appeal the following issues: 1) Whether the jury instruction on passion/provocation manslaughter misstated the la
Docket Entries
2018-10-29
Petition DENIED.
2018-10-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018.
2018-08-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 21, 2018)
Attorneys
Jerry Docaj
John Vincent Saykanic — Attorney at Law, Petitioner
Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al
Catherine A. Foddai — BERGEN COUNTY PROS. OFFICE, Respondent