Supreme Court of the United States · Official docket →
Jeffrey Fairbanks v. Indiana
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Indiana, No. 18S-CR-604 · judgment March 27, 2019
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
-
Whether the judiciary violated the Ex Post Facto Clause when it created a new evidentiary holding to excuse the impermissible use of propensity evidence to affirm a conviction.
-
Whether Petitioner’s Due Process rights were violated when the evidence introduced at trial only amounted to speculation that a crime was committed and not proof beyond a reasonable doubt as is required by law.
-
Whether a criminal conviction can stand when the jury may have convicted the defendant on facts that do not constitute a crime.
-
Whether the Indiana neglect-of-a-dependent statute is unconstitutionally vague where even falling asleep can be deemed leaving a child unsupervised.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Alexandra Crisanthi Siskopoulos
Siskopoulos Law Firm, LLP
For respondent
Stephen Richard Creason
Proceedings
- Oct 07 2019Petition DENIED.
- Aug 28 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
- Aug 20 2019Waiver of right of respondent State of Indiana to respond filed.
- Jul 25 2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 29, 2019)
- Jun 18 2019Application (18A1293) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until July 25, 2019.
- Jun 07 2019Application (18A1293) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 25, 2019 to July 25, 2019, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.