No. 25-7036

Carlos Londarrius Stephens v. Alabama

Lower Court: Alabama
Docketed: 2026-03-13
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: acquittal double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment same-conduct-prosecution
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

DOES THE 5TH AMENDMENT PROTECTION FROM "FORMER JEOPARDY" AS APPLIED TO STATES THROUGH THE 14TH AMENDMENT, UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION FOR THE REPUBLIC OF AMERICA, WAS DENIED TO THE PETITIONER? WHERE THE STATE OF ALABAMA PROSECUTED THE PETITIONER FOR MURDER, AFTER HE WAS ACQUITTED BY JUDGE FOR CAPITAL MURDER, BASED ON THE SAME FACTS, VICTIM, AND INCIDENT.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fifth Amendment protection against double jeopardy, as applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment, was violated when Alabama prosecuted petitioner for murder after he was acquitted of capital murder based on the same facts, victim, and incident

Docket Entries

2025-12-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 13, 2026)

Attorneys

Carlos Londarrius Stephens
Carlos Londarrius Stephens — Petitioner