No. 18-8897

Corlious C. Dyson, aka Corlious Corall Dyson v. Louisiana

Lower Court: Louisiana
Docketed: 2019-04-18
Status: GVR
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment incorporation-doctrine jury-trial non-unanimous-verdict sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-04-24 (distributed 2 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 non-unanimous 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 non-unanimous jury verdict? *NOTE: This issue is currently before this Court in Evangelisto Ramos v. Louisiana, 2019 U.S. LEXIS 1833 (Mar. 18, 2019) (writ of certiorari granted). ii

Docket Entries

2020-05-30
MANDATE ISSUED.
2020-05-30
JUDGMENT 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. Justice Thomas would deny the petition for a writ of certiorari.
2020-04-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/24/2020.
2019-07-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-06-19
Brief of respondent Louisiana in opposition filed.
2019-05-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 19, 2019.
2019-05-10
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 20, 2019 to June 19, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-04-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 20, 2019)

Attorneys

Corlious C. Dyson
Chad Michael IkerdIkerd Law Firm, LLC / Louisiana Appellate Project, Petitioner
Louisiana
Michelle Ward GhettiAttorney General, State of Louisiana, Respondent
Elizabeth Baker MurrillOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent