No. 18-6390

Valiant White v. Michigan

Lower Court: Michigan
Docketed: 2018-10-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: acquitted-conduct civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree impeachment-of-jury-verdict independent-finding-of-guilt ineffective-counsel jury-acquitted-conduct jury-trial jury-trial-right reasonable-suspicion
Latest Conference: 2019-01-04
Question Presented (from Petition)

WHETHER, CONTRARY TO UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT PRECEDENTS, THE TRIAL COURT, MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT ARBITRARILY DENIED PETITIONER'S RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL, USED INAPPROPRIATE BASES FOR "JURY ACQUITTED CONDUCT" TO SUBSTANTIATE THEIR OWN "INDEPENDENT FINDING OF DEFENDANTS GUTCT TREE RGHED 5 GUILT," IMPEACHED THE GURY! VERDICT, WHERE TH c 0 TH Au", (REASONABLE SUSPICION TO STOP, SEARCH), BEFORE THE JURY TO DETERMINE, IN L , CONDUCTING A EVIDENTYARV HEARING, SUSSCQUENTLY RESULTING INTHE JURY'S ACQUITTAL. 4TH, STH, 7TH, 44TH AMENDMENT U.S. CONSTITUTION.

II

WHETHER, CONTRARY TO THE "JURY'S ACQUITTED CONDUCT", COUNSEL WAS INEFFECTIVE FOR FAILURE TO: AND/OR THE STATE COURTS" ABUSED TTS DISE S ABUSED IT'S DISCRETION, FAILED TO REQUEST/ENTER A DIRECT VERDICT OF ACQUITTAL UNDER THE "FRUIT OF THE POISONOUS TREE DOCTRINE", ONCE THE TRIAL COURT PLACED THE "QUESTION OF LAW, (REASUNABLE SUSPICION TO STOP SEARCH), FOR THE JURY TO DETERMINE INCHED OF e N CIEU OF, CONDUCTING A EVIDENTIARY HEARING, SUBSEQUENTLY RESULTING IN THE JURY'S ACQUITTAL. 4TH, 5TH, 6TH, 7TH, 14TH AMENDMENT U.S. CONSTITUTION.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the trial court, Michigan Court of Appeals, and Michigan Supreme Court arbitrarily denied petitioner's right to a jury trial, used inappropriate bases for 'jury acquitted conduct' to substantiate their own 'independent finding of defendant's guilt,' and impeached the jury verdict

Docket Entries

2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-07-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 19, 2018)

Attorneys

Valiant White
Valiant White — Petitioner