No. 24-7346

Seaga Edward Gillard v. North Carolina

Lower Court: North Carolina
Docketed: 2025-06-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: capital-punishment criminal-sentencing death-penalty felony-murder jury-instructions supreme-court-precedent
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment
Latest Conference: 2025-10-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Supreme Court of North Carolina violated Supreme Court precedent regarding jury instructions for death sentences in felony murder cases involving non-direct perpetrators

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

is: Wh ether the Supreme Court of North Carolina violated this Court’s precedent when it held that a jury instruction requiring a finding of culpability under Enmund/ Tison was not necessary to support Mr. Gillard’s death sentence for a killing he did not personally commit? ii LIST OF PROCEEDINGS 1. State v. Gillard , Nos. 16CRS223351, 16CRS5702 ( Wake County Superior Court, March 4, 2019) 2. State v. Gillard , No. 316A19 (N.C. , January 2, 2025) iii INDEX QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW . i LIST OF PROCEEDINGS . ii INDEX . iii

Docket Entries

2025-10-14
Petition DENIED.
2025-09-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/10/2025.
2025-08-29
Brief of North Carolina in opposition submitted.
2025-08-29
Brief of respondent North Carolina in opposition filed.
2025-06-18
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 2, 2025. See Rule 30.1.
2025-06-17
Motion of North Carolina for an extension of time submitted.
2025-06-17
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 3, 2025 to September 1, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-05-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 3, 2025)
2025-03-18
Application (24A882) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until June 1, 2025.
2025-03-10
Application (24A882) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 2, 2025 to June 1, 2025, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

North Carolina
Heidi Michelle WilliamsNorth Carolina Department of Justice, Respondent
Seaga Gillard
Amanda Susan ZimmerOffice of the Appellate Defender, Petitioner