No. 19-786

Willie Kipyego Butia v. Virginia

Lower Court: Virginia
Docketed: 2019-12-19
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial judicial-discretion jury jury-instructions statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is due process violated where the trial judge instructs the jury using words not found in the statute and in such a way that clearly expands the statutory definition of the crime

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Is due process violated where the trial judge instructs the jury using words not found in the statute and in such a way that clearly expands the statutory definition of the crime. ii LIST OF ALL PROCEEDINGS Commonwealth v. Butia, No. 2016-1060, Fairfax Circuit Court. Judgment entered March 15, 2017. Commonwealth v. Butia, No. 0906-18-4, Virginia Court of Appeals. Judgment entered Feb. 27, 2019 and rehearing denied April 8, 2019. Commonwealth v. Butia, No. 190601, Supreme Court of Virginia. Judgment entered Oct. 15, 2019.

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2019-12-31
Waiver of right of respondent Virginia to respond filed.
2019-12-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 21, 2020)

Attorneys

Jon Sheldon
Jonathan P. SheldonSheldon & Flood, PLC, Petitioner
Virginia
Toby Jay HeytensOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent