No. 18-7488

Billy R. Lewis v. Louisiana

Lower Court: Louisiana
Docketed: 2019-01-18
Status: GVR
Type: IFP
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP
Tags: criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-trial nonunanimous-jury nonunanimous-verdict ramos-v-louisiana sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-04-24 (distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the right to a jury trial guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment, as applied to the States through the Fourteenth Amendment, allow a criminal conviction to stand on a nonunanimous jury verdict?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Question Presented* Does the right to a jury trial guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment, as applied to the States through the Fourteenth Amendment, allow a criminal conviction to stand on a nonunanimous jury verdict? *NOTE: This issue is pending before this Court in Evangelisto Ramos v. Louisiana, No. 18-5924, (pet. for cert. filed 9/7/18) (distributed for conference of 1/11/19). i

Docket Entries

2020-05-30
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2020-05-29
MANDATE ISSUED.
2020-04-27
Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of <i>Ramos</i> v. <i>Louisiana</i>, 590 U. S. ___ (2020). Justice Alito, concurring in the decision to grant, vacate, and remand: In this and in all other cases in which the Court grants, vacates, and remands in light of <i>Ramos</i> v. <i>Louisiana</i>, I concur in the judgment on the understanding that the Court is not deciding or expressing a view on whether the question was properly raised below but is instead leaving that question to be decided on remand.
2020-04-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/24/2020.
2019-05-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/23/2019.
2019-04-22
Brief of respondent Louisiana in opposition filed.
2019-04-22
Proof of Service filed with respect to brief in opposition of respondent Louisiana.
2019-02-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 22, 2019.
2019-02-25
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 21, 2019 to April 22, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-02-19
Response Requested. (Due March 21, 2019)
2019-02-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/22/2019.
2019-02-04
Waiver of right of respondent Louisiana to respond filed.
2019-01-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 19, 2019)
2018-12-06
Application (18A587) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until January 14, 2019.
2018-11-27
Application (18A587) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 13, 2018 to January 14, 2019, submitted to Justice Alito.
2002-05-29
MANDATE ISSUED.

Attorneys

Billy Lewis
Christopher Albert AberleLouisiana Appellate Project, Petitioner
Christopher Albert AberleLouisiana Appellate Project, Petitioner