No. 21-6851

Joel Quiles v. Massachusetts

Lower Court: Massachusetts
Docketed: 2022-01-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: acquittal constitutional-rights criminal-conviction double-jeopardy due-process felony-murder fifth-amendment first-degree-murder trial-procedure
Key Terms:
FifthAmendment DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2022-03-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the defendant's conviction for first degree felony murder violate his constitutional right against double jeopardy?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Where the trial judge (1) stated that the defendant is “not guilty of felony murder;” (2) told the jury that their answers to special questions on the verdict slip “do not support a conviction for first degree murder;” and (3) instructed the jury that the only question left for them to decide was whether the defendant was “guilty or not guilty of second degree murder,” did the defendant’s subsequent conviction for first degree felony murder violate his constitutional right against double jeopardy? ii STATEMENT OF

Docket Entries

2022-03-07
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/4/2022.
2022-02-14
Waiver of right of respondent Massachusetts to respond filed.
2022-01-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 14, 2022)

Attorneys

Joel Quiles
James L. SultanRankin & Sultan, Petitioner
James L. SultanRankin & Sultan, Petitioner
Massachusetts
Anna E. LumelskyMassachusetts Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Anna E. LumelskyMassachusetts Attorney General's Office, Respondent