No. 20-7757

James L. Toliver v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2021-04-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection harmless-error jury-instructions standard-of-review
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2021-05-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether similarly situated criminal defendants should be treated equally in pipeline cases where erroneous jury instructions have been given?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED The question(s) presented in this case is whether similarly situated criminal defendants should be treated equally in pipeline cases where erroneous jury instructions have been giving? And; Is it unconstitutional to give an erroneous jury instruction which relieves the _ States burden of proof? 2.

Docket Entries

2021-06-01
Petition DENIED.
2021-05-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/27/2021.
2021-05-06
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2021-03-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 14, 2021)

Attorneys

Florida
Trisha Meggs PateOffice of the Attorney General Criminal Appeals Division Tallahassee, Respondent
James L. Toliver
Jimmy Lee Toliver — Petitioner