No. 21-60
Logan Brooks Drinkard v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Response Waived
Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-law criminal-conviction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy greater-offense jury-verdict lesser-included-offense
Key Terms:
FifthAmendment HabeasCorpus
FifthAmendment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)
In a case where the prosecuti on charged both a
greater offense and a lesser included offense in the
same charging document, and where the jury found the
Petitioner guilty of the greater offense – but not guilty
of the lesser included offense – whether consti tutional
doubl e jeopardy principles prohi bit a convi ction on the
greater offense in light of the jury's not guilty verdi ct
for the l esser i ncluded offense.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether constitutional double jeopardy principles prohibit a conviction on a greater offense when the jury found the defendant not guilty of a lesser included offense
Docket Entries
2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-08-23
Waiver of right of respondent state of florida to respond filed.
2021-07-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 16, 2021)
Attorneys
Logan Brooks Drinkard
Michael Robert Ufferman — Michael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A., Petitioner
state of florida