No. 20-1277

Richard Meyer v. Kentucky

Lower Court: Kentucky
Docketed: 2021-03-15
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process excessive-fines forfeitability forfeiture kentucky kentucky-statutes timbs-precedent timbs-v-indiana
Latest Conference: 2021-05-13
Question Presented (from Petition)

I.
DOES THE KENTUCKY COURT OF
APPEALS DECISION IN THIS CASE
STAND IN DIRECT CONTRADICTION
TO THIS COURT'S DECISION IN
TIMBS V. INDIANA, 139 S.Ct. 682
(2019)?

II.
DOES THE
PRESUMPTION OF
FORFEITABILITY FOUND
IN KENTUCKY REVISED
STATUTES (KRS) 218A
VIOLATE THE DUE
PROCESS
S CLAUSE?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Kentucky Court of Appeals decision in this case stand in direct contradiction to this Court's decision in Timbs v. Indiana, 139 S.Ct. 682 (2019)?

Docket Entries

2021-05-17
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/13/2021.
2021-03-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 14, 2021)
PetitionAppendix

Attorneys

Commonwealth of Kentucky
Jeanne Deborah Anderson — Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney, Respondent
Richard Meyer
Joshua D. Farley — Farley & Associates, PLLC, Petitioner