No. 24-5368

Joseph Roach v. Amy Robey, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-08-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: accomplice-liability criminal-conviction due-process jackson-v-virginia jury-unanimity sixth-circuit
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant was denied due process and a unanimous jury verdict when convicted under alternative theories of culpability and affirmed by the Sixth Circuit

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED WAS MR. ROACH DENIED THE UNANIMOUS JURY VERDICT REQUIRED BY KENTUCKY LAW WHEN HE WAS TRIED UNDER A THEORY THAT HE ACTED ALONE, AND INDEPENDENTLY, BUT ALLOWED TO BE FOUND GUILTY UNDER A THEORY THAT HE ACTED AS AN ACCOMPLICE? WAS MR. ROACH DENIED DUE PROCESS OF LAW WHEN THE SIXTH CIRCUIT , AFFIRMED HIS CONVICTION BASED ON A CHARGE IN WHICH HE WAS NEVER TRIED? DID THE SIXTH CIRCUIT EVALUATE THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE CONTRARY TO JACKSON V. VIRGINIA?

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-08-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-08-27
Waiver of Robey of right to respond submitted.
2024-08-27
Waiver of right of respondent Robey to respond filed.
2024-08-27
Waiver of right of respondent Amy Robey, Warden to respond filed.
2024-07-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 23, 2024)
2024-05-24
Application (23A1051) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until July 21, 2024.
2024-05-15
Application (23A1051) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 22, 2024 to July 21, 2024, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Joseph Roach
Joseph Roach — Petitioner
Joseph Roach — Petitioner
Robey
James HaveyOffice of the Kentucky Attorney General, Respondent
James HaveyOffice of the Kentucky Attorney General, Respondent