No. 23A889

Walter Taylor, III v. Vermont

Lower Court: Vermont
Docketed: 2024-04-05
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-defense fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury jury-instruction sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a criminal defendant is entitled to a jury instruction on a valid defense theory when there is sufficient evidence to support such an instruction, given conflicting standards among federal and state courts

Docket Entries

2024-04-08
Application (23A889) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until June 6, 2024.
2024-03-27
Application (23A889) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 7, 2024 to June 6, 2024, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.

Attorneys

Vermont
Lei Raymond SunRutland County State's Attorney's Office, Respondent
Evan Patrick MeenanVermont Department of State's Attorneys, Respondent
Jonathan Todd RoseOffice of the Vermont Attorney General, Respondent
Walter Taylor, III
Rebecca N. TurnerOffice of the Defender General, Petitioner