No. 21-5790

Patricia Ann Brown v. Burl Cain, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-09-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-challenge crime-of-violence criminal-statute due-process felony-definition life-imprisonment sentencing-enhancement state-statute vagueness vagueness-doctrine
Latest Conference: 2021-10-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

Is a state statute, providing for an enhanced punishment (life imprisonment) for one convicted of a "crime of violence," unconstitutionally vague, when the statute provides no definition of the operative term "crime of violence"?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is a state statute, providing for an enhanced punishment (life imprisonment) for one convicted of a 'crime of violence,' unconstitutionally vague, when the statute provides no definition of the operative term 'crime of violence'?

Docket Entries

2021-11-01
Petition DENIED.
2021-10-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/29/2021.
2021-09-28
Waiver of right of respondent Commission of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al. to respond filed.
Main Document
2021-09-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 28, 2021)
Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisPetitionAppendixAppendixAppendixAppendixAppendix

Attorneys

Commission of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al.
Jerrolyn Martin Owens — Mississippi Attorney General's, Respondent
Patricia Ann Brown
Jim Waide III — Waide & Associates, P.A., Petitioner