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
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2024-04-19
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?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED 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