No. 19-5882
Tags: civil-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process montgomery-louisiana montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-rule teague-exception welch-united-states welch-v-united-states
Latest Conference:
2019-11-01
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Under the new constitutional rule of retroactivity established in Montgomery v. Louisiana and clarified in Welch v. United States, is a state court required under the federal constitution to retroactively apply interpretations of a substantive criminal statute that narrow its scope?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the federal constitution requires a state court to retroactively apply a narrowing interpretation of a substantive criminal statute
Docket Entries
2019-11-04
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2019.
2019-09-23
Waiver of right of respondent State of Nevada to respond filed.
2019-09-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 10, 2019)
Attorneys
Rome Chacon, et al.
State of Nevada