No. 24-1075

Lecram Omari Sanders v. Virginia

Lower Court: Virginia
Docketed: 2025-04-14
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: after-discovered-evidence due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment jury-trial sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-05-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Supreme Court of Virginia erred in affirming the judgment of the Court of Appeals of Virginia, which denied the defendant's motion for a new trial based on after-discovered evidence and allegedly deprived the defendant of a fair and impartial jury trial under the Sixth Amendment and due process under the Fourteenth Amendment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Whether the Supreme Court of Virginia erred in affirming the judgment of the Court of Appeals of Virginia, which affirmed the defendant’s convictions in the Circuit Court of the City of Hampton, Virginia, where the Circuit Court erred in denying defendant’s Motion To Set Aside Verdict And For New Trial and Supplemental Motion To Set Aside Verdict And For New Trial (On After -Discovered Evidence Grounds) , on the grounds, inter alia , that the Circuit Court’s denial of a new trial deprived the defendant of a fair and “impartial jury” trial under the Sixth Amendment and to fundamental fairness and due process under the Fourteenth Amendme nt.

Docket Entries

2025-05-19
Petition DENIED.
2025-04-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2025.
2025-04-22
Waiver of right of respondent Virginia to respond filed.
2025-04-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 14, 2025)
2025-02-24
Application (24A817) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until April 10, 2025.
2025-02-17
Application (24A817) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 24, 2025 to April 25, 2025, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Lecram Omari Sanders
Andrew Michael SacksSacks & Sacks, P.C., Petitioner
Andrew Michael SacksSacks & Sacks, P.C., Petitioner
Virginia
Erika Lauren MaleyVirginia Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Erika Lauren MaleyVirginia Office of the Attorney General, Respondent