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Christopher Forman v. Pennsylvania
IFP petition · Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Office, No. 3389 EDA 2019 · judgment October 27, 2020
Questions presented
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Did the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania defy the due process clause of the Fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution by permitting a conviction and unlawful sentence on an offense of conspiracy to commit burglary not alleged in the Information?
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Is the Pennsylvania Superior Court's departure from acceptable and usual course of appellate review going to continue to violate the due process clause where it enlarged the burglary statute and applied it retroactively to petitioner?
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Should the mandatory minimum sentence imposed under 42 Pa.C.S.A. §9714 be vacated as the statute is unconstitutional as currently drafted?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Christopher Forman
For respondent
Nancy Winkelman
District Attorney's Office
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 04 2021Petition DENIED.
- Jul 29 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
- Jul 22 2021Waiver of right of respondent Pennsylvania to respond filed.
- May 20 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 26, 2021)