No. 21-1548

Courtney L. Rainey v. Mississippi

Lower Court: Mississippi
Docketed: 2022-06-09
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-investigation due-process false-information first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-speech witness-intimidation
Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether it violates a citizens' rights under the First Amendment's Freedom of Speech clause for a State to prosecute that citizen for asking someone to correct false incriminating information they have provided law enforcement in connection with a criminal investigation.

2. Whether a conviction pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 97-9-113(d) offends the Due Process Clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment in the absence of evidence that the defendant sought to have the witness provide false information to police in an ongoing investigation.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a conviction under a state witness intimidation statute violates the First Amendment and Due Process Clause

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-06-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-06-13
Waiver of right of respondent Mississippi to respond filed.
2022-06-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 11, 2022)

Attorneys

Courtney L. Rainey
Lisa M. RossLaw Offices of Lisa M. Ross, Petitioner
Mississippi
Ashley Lauren SulserOffice of the Mississippi Attorney General, Respondent