No. 21-7213

Kwasi McKinney v. Arkansas

Lower Court: Arkansas
Docketed: 2022-02-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-jurisdiction compulsory-process confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection postconviction-relief speedy-trial
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2022-04-14
Question Presented (AI Summary)

When does the direct appeal of a jury trial conviction of six (6) different criminal offenses and sentence become final?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Questions PRESENTED _ 1, WHEN pees THE DiRECT APPEAL SF A TuRy TRIAL CONNECTION cF Six (C) DIFFERENT CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND SENTENCE BECOME FINAL? 2, TF A STATE TRIAL CouaT jtecos ONE TRIAL PROCEEDING FoR Six CQ) DieFERENT CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND IT 1S DETERMINED ON DIRECT APPEAL THAT THE TRIAL PRoceEDING MAY HAVE BEEN TAINTED BY THE INTRODUCTION oF ARGUABLY INADMISSABLE EyIDENCE |S THE APPELLATE GoURT IN ERRog WHEN iT AFFIRMS TWo (2) of THE oeFENSES AND REMANDS THE CTHER Four C4) ofFENSES TS HANG TRE TRIAL CoueT DETERMINE IC THE @RIMIVAL DEFENDANTS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS HAD BEEN . VIOLATED OR ARE ALL Si (GL) OFFENSES POSSIBLY TAinteo 2 «BIE A STATE LAW PROVIDES FoR THE FILING OF A PETITION FoR POSTCONVICTION REUEF WITHIN sixty CoO) DAYS o€ (ISSUANCE OF THE FINAL MANDATE AFTER THE DiReECT APPEAL PROCEEDING AND THE PETITIONER Files HIS PETITION WitHIN FIevwySin (SQ) DAYS oF TRE \SssUANCE oF THE FINAL MANDATE, IS TRE APPELLATE COURT IN ERROR 1 Ff IT AFFIRMS The TRIAL CouRTS DiSMissaL oF THE PEeTiTNon AS BEING UNTIMELY 2 | 4, Does A Cowuwar beny A PETIT ONER EQUAL PROTECTION | OF THE LAW WHEN A Coury, IN ONE INSTATT, HEARS AND ENTERTAINS A PETITION FoR PosTCon yiCTION | REXEL WHat Does NOT CONFORM To THE STATES RULES ON MARGINS YET, IN TRE NEXT INSTANT OR CASE THE SAME CouRT REFUSES To HEAR oR , Gi) | | ' | ENTERTAIN: A PETITION For PostCONNICTION Revier THAT ALSO DOES NOT Con FORM To THE STATES RULES AND THE Court FAILS To MAKE WRITTEN F; NDI NGS oF FACr Avo Con austen of Law? 5, Dio THE ARKANSAS Court @F APPERLS Lacie JURisdicnon Te PRESIDE cuER THE APPEL OF THE DISMISSAL OF A RULE 37 PETITION WHen) | CIN TERPUTATION oF ARKANSAS LAW is Netess4ry ANO A TIMELY NoTICe oF APPERL in THE TRA’ Coury (NVOKED THE: JUUASDICTION oF THE ARKANSAS SUPREME CoukT? )

Docket Entries

2022-04-18
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2022.
2022-03-25
Waiver of right of respondent Arkansas to respond filed.
2021-12-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 28, 2022)

Attorneys

Arkansas
Michael Anthony CantrellOffice of the Arkansas Attorney General, Respondent
Michael Anthony CantrellOffice of the Arkansas Attorney General, Respondent
Kwasi McKinney
Kwasi Andrade McKinney — Petitioner
Kwasi Andrade McKinney — Petitioner