No. 20-5848

Richard Bridgeman Gustafson v. Oregon

Lower Court: Oregon
Docketed: 2020-10-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-trial jury-unanimity ramos-v-louisiana sixth-amendment state-trial-procedure
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Latest Conference: 2020-11-13
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a criminal trial in the State of Oregon that did not guarantee a unanimous verdict, leading the defendant to choose a bench trial, was unconstitutional under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED If a criminal trial in the State of Oregon did not guarantee a unanimous verdict, leading defendant to choose a bench trial, was this unconstitutional under the sixth and fourteenth amendment? a Quoting from Ramos v. Louisiana: “[T]he Sixth Amendment requires” . _ unanimity, and that the guarantee is fully applicable against the States under the Fourteenth Amendment.” and that “if the jury trial right requires a unanimous verdict in federal court, it requires no less in state court.” i Writ of Certiorari Question Presented: A159489-R. Gustafson 07193901

Docket Entries

2020-11-16
Petition DENIED.
2020-10-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/13/2020.
2020-10-20
Waiver of right of respondent Oregon to respond filed.
2020-07-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 2, 2020)

Attorneys

Oregon
Benjamin Noah GutmanOregon Department of Justice, Respondent
Benjamin Noah GutmanOregon Department of Justice, Respondent
Richard Bridgeman Gustafson
Richard Bridgeman Gustafson — Petitioner
Richard Bridgeman Gustafson — Petitioner