No. 19-364
Dwayne Lamar Williams, Sr. v. Virginia
Response Waived
Tags: 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment grand-jury incorporation jurisdiction state-criminal-procedure state-indictment
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
DueProcess FifthAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2019-10-18
Question Presented (from Petition)
A. Does the right to a grand jury indictment conferred by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution apply to state indictments via the Fourteenth Amendment?
B. Does a defective grand jury indictment in a state court criminal case deprive the state court of jurisdiction in such a case?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does the Fifth Amendment grand jury right apply to state indictments via the Fourteenth Amendment?
Docket Entries
2019-10-21
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019.
2019-09-24
Waiver of right of respondent Virginia to respond filed.
2019-06-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 21, 2019)
Attorneys
DWAYNE WILLIAMS
Dale Reese Jensen Sr. — Dale Jensen, PLC, Petitioner
Virginia
Toby Jay Heytens — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent