No. 19-850
Mark Joseph Derrico v. Georgia
Response Waived
Tags: arbitrary-enforcement civil-rights criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process equal-protection prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw
AdministrativeLaw
Latest Conference:
2020-02-21
Question Presented (from Petition)
Does the void-for-vagueness doctrine extend to cases such as Derrico's where courts have rested on the authority of judges and juries to ratify arbitrary enforcement? In the decision below, the Supreme Court of Georgia wholly ignores arbitrary enforcement because it concludes that the evidence was sufficient to convict Derrico. The problem is that the evidence is also sufficient to convict the victim who was not prosecuted, on each of the same charges.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does the void-for-vagueness doctrine extend to cases where courts have rested on the authority of judges and juries to ratify arbitrary enforcement?
Docket Entries
2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-21
Waiver of right of respondent Georgia to respond filed.
2020-01-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 6, 2020)
2019-10-25
Application (19A450) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until January 2, 2020.
2019-10-22
Application (19A450) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 3, 2019 to January 2, 2020, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Attorneys
Georgia
Andrew Alan Pinson — Office of the Georgia Attorney General, Respondent
Mark Joseph Derrico
Andrew Thelston Mosley II — Mosley Law Offices, Petitioner