No. 19-8337

Jermaine Ruffin v. Louisiana

Lower Court: Louisiana
Docketed: 2020-04-22
Status: GVR
Type: IFP
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-amendments due-process jackson-v-virginia jury-verdict non-unanimous-jury sufficiency-of-evidence
Key Terms:
DueProcess Patent
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

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

Question Presented (from Petition)

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? Whether the sufficiency of the evidence analysis adopted by the Louisiana courts fails to comply with the Jackson v. Virginia due process standard? i

Docket Entries

2020-11-06
MANDATE ISSUED.
2020-11-06
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2020-10-05
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).
2020-09-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-09-03
Reply of petitioner Jermaine Ruffin filed. (Distributed)
2020-08-25
Brief of respondent Louisiana in opposition filed.
2020-06-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 25, 2020.
2020-06-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 26, 2020 to August 25, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-05-27
Response Requested. (Due June 26, 2020)
2020-05-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/4/2020.
2020-05-14
Waiver of right of respondent State of Louisiana to respond filed.
2020-04-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 22, 2020)

Attorneys

Jermaine Ruffin
G. Ben CohenThe Promise of Justice Initiative, Petitioner
G. Ben CohenThe Promise of Justice Initiative, Petitioner
Louisiana
Elizabeth Baker MurrillOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Elizabeth Baker MurrillOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent