No. 18-9693
Tags: constitutional-amendment criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-trial jury-unanimity sixth-amendment unanimous-verdict
Key Terms:
DueProcess
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 jury 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? i
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.
2020-04-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/24/2020.
2019-11-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2019.
2019-11-12
Reply of petitioner Kevin Sheppard filed.
2019-11-04
Brief of respondent Louisiana in opposition filed.
2019-08-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 4, 2019.
2019-08-12
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 4, 2019 to November 4, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-08-05
Response Requested. (Due September 4, 2019)
2019-07-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-16
Waiver of right of respondent Louisiana to respond filed.
2019-06-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 17, 2019)
Attorneys
Kevin Sheppard
G. Ben Cohen — The Promise of Justice Initiative, Petitioner
G. Ben Cohen — The Promise of Justice Initiative, Petitioner
Louisiana
Michelle Ward Ghetti — Attorney General, State of Louisiana, Respondent
Michelle Ward Ghetti — Attorney General, State of Louisiana, Respondent