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Mark Anthony Spell v. Louisiana
Paid petition · Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit, No. 2020 KW 0867 · judgment February 18, 2021
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
This case presents the following questions:
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Does the Sixth Amendment permit the prosecution of a misdemeanor speeding ticket after the lapse of more than twenty years if there is no evidence the Defendant absconded from the jurisdiction, or the State took steps to prosecute?
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Does Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment Due Process allow a state to hold and prosecute a routine misdemeanor in perpetuity if the State statute allows such a circumstance?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jeffrey Scott Wittenbrink
For respondent
David A Conachen
Prosecutor, City of Zachary
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Dec 06 2021Petition DENIED.
- Nov 16 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/3/2021.
- Nov 02 2021Waiver of right of respondent Louisiana to respond filed.
- Oct 08 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 12, 2021)