No. 18-9025

Phillip Newton v. Louisiana

Lower Court: Louisiana
Docketed: 2019-04-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: apodaca-v-oregon criminal-trial fourteenth-amendment johnson-v-louisiana jury-trial jury-unanimity sixth-amendment unanimous-verdict
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial requires an unanimous jury verdict and, if so, would that unanimity requirement be required in state criminal jury trials via the Fourteenth Amendment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED The issue presented is whether the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial requires an unanimous jury verdict and, if so, would that unanimity requirement be required in state criminal jury trials via the Fourteenth Amendment. In deciding this question, the Court will be asked to revisit the plurality opinions of Johnson v. Louisiana and Apodaca v. Oregon. | | | i

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-09
Brief of respondent Louisiana in opposition filed.
2019-06-10
Response Requested. (Due July 10, 2019)
2019-06-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.
2019-05-28
Waiver of right of respondent Louisiana to respond filed.
2019-04-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 29, 2019)

Attorneys

Louisiana
Michelle Ward GhettiAttorney General, State of Louisiana, Respondent
Phillip Newton
Andre Robert BelangerManasseh, Gill, Knipe & Belanger, Petitioner