No. 20-61
Joan Orie Melvin v. Stephen D. Zappala, et al.
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 Casey — Myers Brier & Kelly, LLP, Petitioner
Stephen D. Zappala, et al.
Ronald Michael Wabby Jr. — Allegheny County Dist. Atty., Respondent