No. 22-5151

James Tyrell Drane v. Michigan

Lower Court: Michigan
Docketed: 2022-07-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 14th-amendment constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto fourteenth-amendment retroactive-law statute-of-limitations
Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (from Petition)

THE U.S. SUPREME COURT HAS HELD.THAT A STATE LAW'S REVIVAL OF AN EXPIRED LIMITATION
PERIOD UNDER ITS STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS VIOLATES THE EX POST FACTO ARTICLE, AND A
COURT'S INTERPRETATION OF LAW IN A EX POST FACTO MANNER VIOLATES DUE PROCESS. IN
PETITIONER'S CASE, THE STATE OF MICHIGAN INTERPRETED ITS STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS TO
REVIVE AN EXPIRED OFFENSE. WAS PETITIONER'S 14TH AMENDMENT DUE PROCESS RIGHT
VIOLATED?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the State of Michigan's interpretation of its statute of limitations to revive an expired offense violated the petitioner's 14th Amendment due process rights

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-09-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-07-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 22, 2022)

Attorneys

James Tyrell Drane
James Drane — Petitioner