No. 22-5108

Zachery Keesee v. Arkansas

Lower Court: Arkansas
Docketed: 2022-07-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: arkansas-statute arkansas-supreme-court capital-murder conviction due-process first-impression nonjurisdictional-argument separation-of-powers
Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the Arkansas Supreme Court violated due process by affirming
Keesee's capital-murder conviction based on a nonjurisdictional argument
that was never by the State at either the trial level or on direct appeal.

2. And, whether Arkansas Supreme Court violated due process and separation
of powers by refusing to construe Keesee's sufficiency-of-the-evidence and
other arguments related to Arkansas's felony-delivery-murder statute, an
issue of first impression in Arkansas.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Arkansas Supreme Court violated due process

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-08-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-08-15
Waiver of right of respondent State of Arkansas to respond filed.
2022-07-11

Attorneys

State of Arkansas
Nicholas Jacob BronniSolicitor General of Arkansas, Respondent
Zachery Keesee
Michael Kiel KaiserLassiter & Cassinelli, Petitioner