No. 24-5960

Christopher Patrick McGowan v. Pennsylvania

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2024-11-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment grand-jury preliminary-hearing probable-cause
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2025-04-17 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas violate the petitioner's Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights through improper judicial procedures?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED ‘4, DID THE FRANKLIN COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS VIOLATE THE PETITIONER'S FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS BY FAILING TO ESTABLISH PROBABLE CAUSE BY REFUSING TO HOLD A REQUIRED PRELIMINARY HEARING? 2. DID THE FRANKLIN COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS VIOLATE THE PETITIONER'S FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS BY CHARGING HIM WITH AN INFAMOUS CRIME WITHOUT A PRESENTMENT OR INDICTMENT OF A GRAND JURY? — , 3. DID THE FRANKLIN COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS VIOLATE THE PETITIONER'S FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO MAKE PRIVATE CONTRACTS BY INTERFERING WITH THIS CIVIL BUSINESS MATTER? a

Docket Entries

2025-04-21
Rehearing DENIED.
2025-03-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2025.
2025-01-21
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2025-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2024-12-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-09-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 13, 2024)

Attorneys

Christopher P. McGowan
Christopher McGowan — Petitioner
Christopher McGowan — Petitioner