No. 18-9463
Michael Joseph Brooks, Jr. v. Louisiana
Tags: constitutional-amendments criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-trial jury-unanimity sixth-amendment unanimous-verdict
Latest Conference:
2020-04-24
(distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether Petitioner was constitutionally entitled to a unanimous jury under the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Petitioner was constitutionally entitled to a unanimous jury under the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution?
Docket Entries
2020-05-29
MANDATE ISSUED.
2020-05-29
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2020-04-27
Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Ramos v. Louisiana, 590 U. S. ___ (2020). Justice Alito, concurring in the decision to grant, vacate, and remand: In this and in all other cases in which the Court grants, vacates, and remands in light of Ramos v. Louisiana, I concur in the judgment on the understanding that the Court is not deciding or expressing a view on whether the question was properly raised below but is instead leaving that question to be decided on remand. Justice Thomas would deny the petition for a writ of certiorari.
2020-04-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/24/2020.
2019-10-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2019.
2019-09-23
Brief of respondent State of Louisiana in opposition filed.
2019-07-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 23, 2019.
2019-07-17
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 25, 2019 to September 23, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-06-25
Response Requested. (Due July 25, 2019)
2019-06-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-06-11
Waiver of right of respondent State of Louisiana to respond filed.
2019-05-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 28, 2019)
Attorneys
Michael Brooks
G. Ben Cohen — The Promise of Justice Initiative, Petitioner
State of Louisiana
Michelle Ward Ghetti — Attorney General, State of Louisiana, Respondent
Elizabeth Baker Murrill — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent