No. 20-61

Joan Orie Melvin v. Stephen D. Zappala, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2020-07-23
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment state-crimes workplace-rule workplace-rules
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

The question presented is whether a defendant's rights under the Fifth Amendment as incorporated by the Fourteenth Amendment are violated when she is charged and convicted of state crimes based on alleged deviation from a standard contained in an internal workplace rule rather than the charged offenses.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant's Fifth Amendment rights are violated when charged with state crimes based on alleged deviation from an internal workplace rule rather than the charged offenses

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-24
Waiver of right of respondent Stephen D. Zappala, et al. to respond filed.
2020-07-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 24, 2020)

Attorneys

Joan Orie Melvin
Patrick Aloysius CaseyMyers Brier & Kelly, LLP, Petitioner
Stephen D. Zappala, et al.
Ronald Michael Wabby Jr.Allegheny County Dist. Atty., Respondent