No. 21-7013

Michael John Wolfe v. Oregon

Lower Court: Oregon
Docketed: 2022-01-31
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: capital-crime constitutional-law constitutional-provision criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto legislative-amendment retroactivity
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment Punishment Securities Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2022-02-25
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the ex post facto prohibition preclude a state from charging a defendant with a newly defined capital crime under a retroactivity provision

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED The ex post facto prohibition in Article I, section 10, of the United States Constitution prevents a change in law from being applied retroactively when it aggravates a crime, increases the possible punishment for an offense, or alters the quantum of evidence to impose that punishment. Does the ex post facto prohibition preclude a state from charging a defendant with a newly defined capital crime under a retroactivity provision when, after the acts alleged, the legislature altered the facts that must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt by adding a new fact that the jury must find to establish the offense and removing a different fact that the jury must find to return a death sentence?

Docket Entries

2022-02-28
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/25/2022.
2022-02-07
Waiver of right of respondent State of Oregon to respond filed.
2022-01-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 2, 2022)
2021-11-23
Application (21A174) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until January 23, 2022.
2021-11-15
Application (21A174) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 24, 2021 to January 23, 2022, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Michael Wolfe
Ernest G. LannetOffice of Public Defense Services, Petitioner
Ernest G. LannetOffice of Public Defense Services, Petitioner
State of Oregon
Benjamin Noah GutmanOregon Department of Justice, Respondent
Benjamin Noah GutmanOregon Department of Justice, Respondent