No. 21-543
Mark Anthony Spell v. Louisiana
Response Waived
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process misdemeanor sixth-amendment speeding-ticket statute-of-limitations
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Latest Conference:
2021-12-03
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Does the Sixth Amendment permit the prosecution of a misdemeanor speeding ticket after the lapse of more than twenty years if there is no evidence the Defendant absconded from the jurisdiction, or the State took steps to prosecute?
2. Does Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment Due Process allow a state to hold and prosecute a routine misdemeanor in perpetuity if the State statute allows such a circumstance?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does the Sixth Amendment permit the prosecution of a misdemeanor speeding ticket after the lapse of more than twenty years if there is no evidence the Defendant absconded from the jurisdiction, or the State took steps to prosecute?
Docket Entries
2021-12-06
Petition DENIED.
2021-11-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/3/2021.
2021-11-02
Waiver of right of respondent Louisiana to respond filed.
2021-10-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 12, 2021)
Attorneys
Louisiana
David A Conachen — Prosecutor, City of Zachary, Respondent
Mark Anthony Spell
Jeffrey Scott Wittenbrink — Petitioner