No. 23-5383

Ramham Dupriest v. New Jersey

Lower Court: New Jersey
Docketed: 2023-08-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech minor mistake-of-age obscene-material obscenity scienter
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2023-12-08 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Does it violate First Amendment free speech protections to convict a person for conduct involving distributing obscene material to a minor without having a scienter requirement as to the age of the victim or permitting a mistake-of-age defense?

II. Does it violate Fourteenth Amendment due process protections to convict a person for sending an explicit picture to a minor without having a scienter requirement as to the age of the victim or allowing a mistake-of-age defense when the entire interaction took place online with no in person, face-to-face communication?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does it violate First Amendment free speech protections to convict a person for conduct involving distributing obscene material to a minor without having a scienter requirement as to the age of the victim or permitting a mistake-of-age defense?

Docket Entries

2023-12-11
Petition DENIED.
2023-11-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
2023-11-14
Reply of petitioner Ramham Dupriest filed.
2023-11-06
Brief of respondent New Jersey in opposition filed.
2023-10-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 6, 2023 to November 6, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-10-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 6, 2023.
2023-09-06
Response Requested. (Due October 6, 2023)
2023-08-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-08-29
Waiver of right of respondent New Jersey to respond filed.
2023-08-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 18, 2023)

Attorneys

New Jersey
Jeremy Michael FeigenbaumOffice of the New Jersey Attorney General, Respondent
Ramham Dupriest
Peter Thomas BlumN.J. Office of the Public Defender,, Petitioner