No. 18-9463

Michael Joseph Brooks, Jr. v. Louisiana

Lower Court: Louisiana
Docketed: 2019-05-29
Status: GVR
Type: IFP
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-amendments criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-trial jury-unanimity sixth-amendment unanimous-verdict
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-04-24 (distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Petitioner was constitutionally entitled to a unanimous jury under the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED This Court has granted certiorari in Ramos v. Louisiana, 139 8.Ct. 1318 (2019) (No. 18-5924). This case also involves a non-unanimous verdict, giving rise to the following question: Whether Petitioner was constitutionally entitled to a unanimous jury under the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution? 1

Docket Entries

2020-05-29
MANDATE ISSUED.
2020-05-29
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.
2019-10-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2019.
2019-09-23
Brief of respondent State of Louisiana in opposition filed.
2019-07-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 23, 2019.
2019-07-17
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 25, 2019 to September 23, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-06-25
Response Requested. (Due July 25, 2019)
2019-06-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-06-11
Waiver of right of respondent State of Louisiana to respond filed.
2019-05-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 28, 2019)

Attorneys

Michael Brooks
G. Ben CohenThe Promise of Justice Initiative, Petitioner
G. Ben CohenThe Promise of Justice Initiative, Petitioner
State of Louisiana
Michelle Ward GhettiAttorney General, State of Louisiana, Respondent
Michelle Ward GhettiAttorney General, State of Louisiana, Respondent
Elizabeth Baker MurrillOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Elizabeth Baker MurrillOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent