No. 18-8254

Eddie Earl Phillips v. Mississippi

Lower Court: Mississippi
Docketed: 2019-03-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process habitual-offender indictment jury-instructions sentencing statement-of-the-case statutory-provisions
Key Terms:
Securities
Latest Conference: 2019-03-22
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether Phillips' Conviction and Sentence stems from a defective indictment, a violation of his due process rights?

Whether phillips' indictment was amended to Sentence him as a habitual offender, in Violation of his due process rights?

Whether phillips' Conviction and Sentence derived from confusing and misleading jury instructions?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Phillips' Conviction and Sentence stems from a defective indictment, in violation of his due process rights?

Docket Entries

2019-03-25
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2019.
2019-03-05
Waiver of right of respondent Mississippi to respond filed.
2019-02-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 3, 2019)

Attorneys

Eddie E. Phillips
Eddie E. Phillips — Petitioner
Mississippi
Abbie Eason KoonceOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent