No. 18-8858
IFP
Tags: criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency jury-unanimity manner-and-means murder murder-conviction state-criminal-law state-statutes statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence
Latest Conference:
2019-06-13
Question Presented (from Petition)
IN A MURDER CASE WHERE UNDER STATE STATUTES A JURY NEED NOT BE UNANIMOUS AS TO MANNER AND MEANS AND ARE ALLOWED TO CHOOSE FROM THREE SEPARATE MANNER AND MEANS, MUST THERE BE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO CONVICT UNDER EACH MANNER OR MEANS ALLEGED?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether there must be sufficient evidence to convict under each manner or means alleged in a murder case where under state statutes a jury need not be unanimous as to manner and means and are allowed to choose from three separate manner and means
Docket Entries
2019-06-17
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2019.
2019-04-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 16, 2019)
Attorneys
Aspen Warren
Aspen Warren — Petitioner