No. 20-7133
Anthony Reed v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-amendment criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment grand-jury habeas-corpus prosecutorial-discretion structural-defects
Key Terms:
DueProcess
DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2021-04-01
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Authority to File
The Arkansas Constitutional Amendment No. 21 States:
Section 1. Prosecution by indictment or Information - all offenses
heretofore required to be prosecuted by indictment may be prosecuted
either by indictment by a grand jury or information filed by the
Prosecuting Attorney.
2. Fourteenth Amendment Right to Due Process.
Habeas relief is automatically granted for structural defects.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Arkansas Constitutional Amendment No. 21 violates the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause by allowing prosecution by information rather than indictment
Docket Entries
2021-04-05
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2021.
2021-03-12
Waiver of right of respondent Dexter Payne, et al. to respond filed.
2021-01-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 15, 2021)
Attorneys
Anthony Reed
Anthony Reed — Petitioner
Dexter Payne, et al.