No. 24-6167

Rodney J. Lass v. Chris Buesgen, Warden

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2024-12-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy mistrial prosecutorial-discretion vindictive-prosecution
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2025-02-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether actual vindictive prosecution can be established when a mistrial is declared and additional charges are brought, and whether an unsworn statement can overcome a presumption of vindictive prosecution

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. Can actual vindictive prosecution be found when a mistrial is declared, not caused by a hung jury, and the Prosecutor responds by bringing additional charges, if so do the statements and actions by the Prosecutor in this case give this court what is needed to establish federal law on actual vindictive prosecution? 2. Can the State overcome either the presumption of or actual vindictive prosecution with an inconsistent, unsworn statement that never faced cross-examination. i fs X

Docket Entries

2025-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2025-01-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2025.
2025-01-16
Waiver of right of respondent Chris Buesgen, Warden to respond filed.
2024-11-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 16, 2025)
2024-08-08
Application (24A131) granted by Justice Barrett extending the time to file until November 23, 2024.
2024-07-29
Application (24A131) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 24, 2024 to November 23, 2024, submitted to Justice Barrett.

Attorneys

Chris Buesgen, Warden
Nicholas Schmidt DeSantisWisconsin Department of Justice, Respondent
Rodney J. Lass
Rodney J. Lass — Petitioner