No. 23-6556

Robert Thrasher v. Georgia

Lower Court: Georgia
Docketed: 2024-01-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: court-procedure due-process grand-jury indictment legal-record statutory-oath subject-matter-jurisdiction void-conviction witness-testimony
Key Terms:
Securities
Latest Conference: 2024-02-23
Question Presented (from Petition)

Where there is no record of grand jury proceedings, this means there were no grand jury proceedings. The criminal jury proceeding was never a grand jury proceeding. Correct?

a) How can there legally be an indictment where there was no record of a grand jury proceeding?

b) How can the witnesses testimony be used from a record to show they appeared before the grand jury if there is no record?

c) How can the court prove that the witnesses testified under the statutory oath?

d) How can the court prove that the indictment was returned in open court without a record?

e) How can subject matter jurisdiction be conveyed to the trial court without the grand jury having probable cause to return an indictment?

f) How can a court with no record of the grand jury proceedings conduct a trial as a court under law?

7) How can a trial court legally prosecute anyone without subject matter jurisdiction?

8) How can Petitioner's conviction and sentence legally stand without any record of the grand jury proceedings?

9) How can Petitioner be able to fight his case before the Court without a complete copy of the grand jury proceedings?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Where there is no record of any part of a court proceeding, the grand jury proceedings, this means there was never a grand jury proceeding, correct?

Docket Entries

2024-02-26
Petition DENIED.
2024-02-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/23/2024.
2024-02-01
Waiver of right of respondent Georgia to respond filed.
2023-07-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 23, 2024)

Attorneys

Georgia
Stephen John PetranyGeorgia Department of Law, Respondent
Robert Thrasher
Robert Thrasher — Petitioner