No. 18-9154

Jeffrey William Smith v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-05-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-procedure-criminal constitutional-rights criminal-case criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion jury-instructions life-imprisonment life-sentence mitigating-factors sentencing sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2019-06-13
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the circuit court erred in failing to correct a defective jury instruction

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2019-08-23
Rehearing DENIED.
2019-08-01
DISTRIBUTED.
2019-07-01
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2019-06-17
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2019.
2019-05-20
Waiver of right of respondent Harold W. Clarke to respond filed.
2019-04-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 6, 2019)

Attorneys

harold W. Clarke
Toby Jay HeytensOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Toby Jay HeytensOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Jeffrey William Smith
Jeffrey William Smith — Petitioner
Jeffrey William Smith — Petitioner