No. 20-802
Virginia Ann Kurschinske v. Pennsylvania
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-interpretation double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment final-order-of-acquittal fourteenth-amendment state-law
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment FifthAmendment
DueProcess FourthAmendment FifthAmendment
Latest Conference:
2021-02-19
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Are Pennsylvania state laws constitutional?
Question Presented (from Petition)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Are Pennsylvania state LAWS constitutional? If the answer is yes, are they being applied and are they applied equally? : 2. \s the double jeopardy clause of the fifth amendment applicable fo the state through the fourteenth amendment? 3. When the states prosecutor fails fo take an appeal, can the court alter the record of post trial acquittals and convict 2 Defying what ; constitutes a final order of acquittal, now placing the defendant twice in jeopardy, violate the Sth and 14th Amendments of the . Constitution ? i ~~ Kurschinske v. Pennsylvania * .
Docket Entries
2021-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-01-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2020-12-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 14, 2021)