No. 20-7523

Joseph M. Bryant v. Louisiana

Lower Court: Louisiana
Docketed: 2021-03-22
Status: GVR
Type: IFP
Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure direct-review due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus non-unanimous-jury ramos-v-louisiana retroactivity supreme-court-precedent
Key Terms:
DueProcess Patent
Latest Conference: 2021-06-24 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is Petitioner convicted by a non-unanimous verdict, whose case is not yet final, entitled to the benefit of the holding in Ramos?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED This Court held in Ramos v. Louisiana, that Louisiana’s non-unanimous jury scheme was unconstitutional. Pretermitting the question raised in Edwards v. Vannoy, concerning whether Ramos applies to final cases on federal habeas review, under Griffith v. Kentucky, new rules apply to all defendants whose cases are “pending on direct review or not yet final.” As Petitioner is still on direct appeal from the judgment entering his conviction and sentence, this case presents the following question: Is Petitioner convicted by a non-unanimous verdict, whose case is not yet final, entitled to the benefit of the holding in Ramos? i

Docket Entries

2021-07-30
MANDATE ISSUED.
2021-07-30
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2021-06-28
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).
2021-06-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021.
2021-05-21
Brief in response of respondent Louisiana filed.
2021-05-11
Response Requested. (Due June 10, 2021)
2021-05-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/20/2021.
2021-02-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 21, 2021)

Attorneys

Joseph Bryant
Blythe Huntington Lathrop TaplinThe Promise of Justice Initiative, Petitioner
Blythe Huntington Lathrop TaplinThe Promise of Justice Initiative, Petitioner
Louisiana
James Edward Stewart Sr.Office of the District Attorney, Caddo Parish, Respondent
James Edward Stewart Sr.Office of the District Attorney, Caddo Parish, Respondent