No. 18-6001
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment manifest-necessity mistrial-exception reasonableness trial-court trial-court-discretion
Latest Conference:
2018-10-26
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the protection against Double Jeopardy contained in the Fifth Amendment is an empty promise where determinations as to what is "manifest necessity" are based on the reasonableness of the trial court's actions rather than a true consideration of whether a mistrial was necessary?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the protection against Double Jeopardy contained in the Fifth Amendment is an empty promise
Docket Entries
2018-10-29
Petition DENIED.
2018-10-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018.
2018-09-25
Waiver of right of respondent Georgia to respond filed.
2018-09-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 18, 2018)
Attorneys
Demario Carman
Georgia
Sabrina D. Graham — Senior Assistant Attorney General, Respondent