No. 23-6788

Terrance Fowler v. Pennsylvania

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2024-02-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions maximum-penalty sentencing uncharged-crime
Latest Conference: 2024-04-19
Question Presented (from Petition)

Can a State deny a defendant due process of law by convicting and sentencing him to the maximum penalty for a crime that he was not charged with, nor was the jury instructed on the elements of the crime for which he was convicted and sentenced?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can a State deny a defendant due process of law by convicting and sentencing him to the maximum penalty for a crime that he was not charged with, nor was the jury instructed on the elements of the crime for which he was convicted and sentenced?

Docket Entries

2024-04-22
Petition DENIED.
2024-04-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/19/2024.
2024-02-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 21, 2024)

Attorneys

Terrance Fowler
Terrance Fowler — Petitioner