No. 23-6446

William Riley Gaul v. Tennessee

Lower Court: Tennessee
Docketed: 2024-01-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review criminal-procedure double-jeopardy judicial-relief jury-instructions jury-verdict logical-inconsistency multiple-count-presentment mutually-exclusive-verdicts powell-v-texas sufficiency-of-evidence
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2024-03-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a jury's positive finding of guilt in one count of a multiple count presentment is mutually exclusive from its illogical, but positive finding of guilt in another count of the presentment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Whether ajury’s positive finding of guilt in one count of a multiple count presentment is mutually exclusive from its illogical, but positive finding of guilt in another count of the presentment meets the question left open in Powell of “the proper resolution of a situation where a defendant is convicted of two crimes, where a guilty verdict on one count logically excludes a finding of guilt on the other” may be reviewed If the answer to the preceding question is in the affirmative, what relief may be afforded a criminal defendant in a multiple count presentment where all counts are interdependent

Docket Entries

2024-03-04
Petition DENIED.
2024-02-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2024.
2024-02-08
Waiver of right of respondent Tennessee to respond filed.
2023-11-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 8, 2024)

Attorneys

Tennessee
Benjamin Anthony BallOffice of Tennessee Attorney General, Respondent
Benjamin Anthony BallOffice of Tennessee Attorney General, Respondent
William R. Gaul
William Riley Gaul — Petitioner
William Riley Gaul — Petitioner