No. 24-6430

Maurice Fleming v. Georgia

Lower Court: Georgia
Docketed: 2025-01-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: accomplice-testimony criminal-conviction due-process jury-instruction legal-principles statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2025-03-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the trial court's failure to provide a requested jury instruction on an accomplice's testimony requires reversal of a criminal conviction when the majority opinion broadens the scope of evidence and ignores applicable legal principles

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2025-03-31
Petition DENIED.
2025-03-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/28/2025.
2024-10-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 3, 2025)

Attorneys

Maurice Fleming
Maurice Fleming — Petitioner