No. 19-5910

Benjamin Carpenter v. Georgia

Lower Court: Georgia
Docketed: 2019-09-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights complicity constitutional-issue criminal-liability criminal-procedure due-process error-analysis indictment jury-instructions standing supreme-court-review unchorged-crime
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2019-11-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a theory of criminal liability based on complicity in an uncharged crime is constitutional

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2019-11-04
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2019.
2019-10-11
Waiver of right of respondent Georgia to respond filed.
2019-07-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 11, 2019)

Attorneys

Benjamin Carpenter
Benjamin Carpenter — Petitioner
Georgia
Andrew Alan PinsonOffice of the Georgia Attorney General, Respondent