No. 22-7346

John G. Calhoun v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2023-04-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure due-process estelle-v-mcguire habeas-corpus jury-instruction jury-instructions legal-precedent lisenba-v-california manslaughter trial-fairness
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2023-06-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the inaccurate jury instruction on Manslaughter by Act so infused the trial with unfairness as to deny the Petitioner's right to Due Process of Law

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the inaccurate jury instruction on Manslaughter by Act so infused the trial with unfairness as to deny the Petitioner's right to Due Process of Law as ; recognized in Lisenba_v California, 314 US 219, 228, (1941); Donnelly _v DeChristoforo, 416 US, at 643. See also Estelle v. McGurire, 502 U.S. 62, 71-75 (1991). i

Docket Entries

2023-06-12
Petition DENIED.
2023-05-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/8/2023.
2023-05-22
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2023-03-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 22, 2023)

Attorneys

Florida
Carla Suzanne BechardOffice of the Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondent
John G. Calhoun
John G. Calhoun — Petitioner