No. 23-5362
Jerry Lee Beale, Jr. v. Mississippi
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: attempted-murder civil-rights criminal-intent criminal-procedure due-process hearsay hearsay-testimony intent jury-instructions officer-testimony trial-procedure
Latest Conference:
2023-09-26
Question Presented (from Petition)
A. Whether the indictment is defective for failure to allege what act Beale committed in furtherance of his attempt to kill the officers.
B. Whether the jury instructions constructively amended the indictment, requiring the jury find that Beale shot at the officers in his attempt to kill an element not contained in the indictment.
C. Whether the trial court erred when it allowed the state to introduce hearsay testimony through officer Colin Hall which went to prove intent to kill the officers.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the indictment was defective for failure to allege what act Beale committed in furtherance of his attempt to kill the officers
Docket Entries
2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-08-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-08-28
Waiver of right of respondent Mississippi to respond filed.
2023-06-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 15, 2023)
Attorneys
Jerry Lee Beale
Jerry Lee Beale Jr. — Petitioner
Mississippi