No. 19-364

Dwayne Lamar Williams, Sr. v. Virginia

Lower Court: Virginia
Docketed: 2019-09-19
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
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
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 HeytensOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent