No. 18-7297

Donnie Howard v. California

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2019-01-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: burden-of-proof criminal-procedure jury-instructions jury-trial reasonable-doubt burden-of-proof due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-instructions jury-trial reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-02-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the trial court's statements during jury selection equating being convinced beyond a reasonable doubt with being 'sure' or 'positive' of guilt violate petitioner's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to due-process,jury-trial

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Did the trial court’s statements during jury selection . equating being convinced beyond a reasonable doubt with ; being “sure” or “positive” of guilt violate petitioner’s Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to due process and jury ) trial? 2: Did the trial court’s act of giving several varying and conflicting descriptions of the reasonable doubt burden of proof, some of which were misleading, undermine the strictness of the standard in the jurors’ minds in violation of petitioner’s Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to due process and a jury trial? ii

Docket Entries

2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-15
Waiver of right of respondent California to respond filed.
2018-12-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 11, 2019)

Attorneys

California
David H. RoseCalifornia Attorney General's Office, Respondent
David H. RoseCalifornia Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Donnie Howard
Tara Mulay — Petitioner
Tara Mulay — Petitioner
Tara Mulay — Petitioner