No. 18-8916
Steven Lawrence Wright v. California
IFP
Tags: abuse-of-discretion burden-of-proof criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process fifth-amendment jury-instruction jury-instructions legal-standard motion-for-new-trial new-trial standard-of-review
Key Terms:
Securities
Securities
Latest Conference:
2019-06-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Did the trial court's erroneous jury instruction violate the Due Process Clause?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED oO 1. As to Count 1 the murder’ conviction, Did the trial court's erroneous -_ ; jury instruction of CALCRIM No. 301 lower the prosecution's burden of proof standard thereby violate the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment? 2. Did the trial court abuse it's discretion upon applying the wrong legal standard when it denied appellant's motion for a new trial? .
Docket Entries
2019-06-24
Petition DENIED.
2019-06-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.
2019-04-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 20, 2019)
Attorneys
Steven Lawrence Wright
Steven Lawrence Wright — Petitioner