No. 18-739

Trevor Wallace v. Tennessee

Lower Court: Tennessee
Docketed: 2018-12-10
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: appellate-review case-revival constitutional-compliance dismissal-with-prejudice double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment judicial-discretion jury jury-trial lee-v-us res-judicata
Key Terms:
FifthAmendment DueProcess Securities
Latest Conference: 2019-01-11
Question Presented (AI Summary)

May a state appellate court revive a case that was dismissed with prejudice after a jury was sworn?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW May a state appellate court revive a case that was dismissed with prejudice after a jury was sworn merely because the appellate court disagrees with the trial court’s announced dismissal with prejudice and comply with the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution as interpreted by Lee v. U.'S., 432 US. 23, 30 (1977)?

Docket Entries

2019-01-14
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/11/2019.
2018-12-17
Waiver of right of respondent Tennessee to respond filed.
2018-12-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 9, 2019)

Attorneys

Tennessee
Leslie E. PriceTennessee Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Leslie E. PriceTennessee Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Trevor Wallace
Gregory D. SmithLaw Offices of Gregory D. Smith, Petitioner
Gregory D. SmithLaw Offices of Gregory D. Smith, Petitioner