No. 20-8429

Christopher Forman v. Pennsylvania

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2021-06-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 14th-amendment burglary conspiracy criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment sentencing
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania defy the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by permitting a conviction and unlawful sentence on an offense not alleged in the Information?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED | 1. Did the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania defy the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution by permitting a conviction and unlawful sentence on an offense of conspiracy to commit burglary not. "alleged in the Information? : . oo, . 2. Is the Pennsylvania Superior Court's departure from acceptable and usual course of appellate review going to continue to violate the due process clause where it enlarged the burglary statute and applied it retroactively to petitioner? 3. Should the mandatory minimum sentence imposed under 42 Pa.C.S.A. §9714 be vacated as the statute is unconstitutional as currently drafted? . : | | , ; | | a

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-22
Waiver of right of respondent Pennsylvania to respond filed.
2021-05-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 26, 2021)

Attorneys

Christopher Forman
Christopher Forman — Petitioner
Christopher Forman — Petitioner
Pennsylvania
Nancy WinkelmanDistrict Attorney's Office, Respondent
Nancy WinkelmanDistrict Attorney's Office, Respondent