No. 25-6149

Byron Jones v. Michigan

Lower Court: Michigan
Docketed: 2025-11-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance prejudice speedy-trial trial-delay
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2026-01-16
Question Presented (from Petition)

I.
Did The Court Of Appeals Err When It Deteruined That Mr. Jones Constitutional
Rights To A Speedy Trial Were Not Violated When Through No Fault Of His Own He
Waited To Go To Trial For More Than Two Years, Is Prejudice Presuwed? And Did
The Court Fail To Prove That The Delay Has Not Resulted in Any Injury?

II.
Did The Court of Appeals Err In Holding That Mr. Jones WAS NOT DENIED
Effective Assistance Of Counsel When Counsel Did Not Raise The Defense Of
"ClaiM of Right"?

III.
Did The Court Of Appeals Err In Holding That The Trial Court Did Not Abused
Its Discretion In Denying Petitioner's Motion For Directed Verdict Of
Acquittal Based On Insufficient Evidence?

IV.
Did The Court Of Appeals Err In Making Its Own Independent Assesswent Of Fxts
And Law In Scoring Mr. Jones 25 Points for OV-15?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in determining that Mr. Jones' constitutional rights to a speedy trial were violated when he waited over two years to go to trial through no fault of his own, and whether prejudice should be presumed

Docket Entries

2026-01-20
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
2025-08-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 18, 2025)

Attorneys

Byron Jones
Byron Jones — Petitioner