No. 18-7820

Kelly Winton Pierce v. Erik Hooks

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-02-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: burden-of-proof civil-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process essential-element jury-instructions sex-offender sex-offender-registration
Latest Conference: 2019-04-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a criminal defendant's jury trial was fundamentally violated due to the trial judge's jury instructions that changed and expanded the definition of an essential element of the crime charged

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2019-04-15
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
2019-03-13
Waiver of right of respondent Erik Hooks to respond filed.
2019-01-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 11, 2019)

Attorneys

Erik Hooks
Clarence Joe DelForge IIIN.C. Department of Justice, Respondent
Clarence Joe DelForge IIIN.C. Department of Justice, Respondent
Kelly W. Pierce
Kelly Winton Pierce — Petitioner
Kelly Winton Pierce — Petitioner