No. 18-6832
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-law criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process indictment mens-rea mistake-of-fact statutory-interpretation statutory-rape
Latest Conference:
2019-01-18
Question Presented (from Petition)
Is due process violated by not allowing Petitioner to rely upon the statutory enacted mistake of fact defense as his sole defense to an indictment for statutory rape?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Is due process violated by not allowing Petitioner to rely upon the statutory enacted mistake of fact defense as his sole defense to an indictment for statutory rape?
Docket Entries
2019-01-22
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/18/2019.
2018-12-21
Waiver of right of respondent Georgia to respond filed.
2018-11-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 27, 2018)
Attorneys
McNeill Stokes
McNeill Stokes — Petitioner
The State of Georgia
Andrew Alan Pinson — Office of the Georgia Attorney General, Respondent