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Logan Brooks Drinkard v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 19-12543 · judgment February 1, 2021
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
In a case where the prosecution charged both a greater offense and a lesser included offense in the same charging document, and where the jury found the Petitioner guilty of the greater offense – but not guilty of the lesser included offense – whether constitutional double jeopardy principles prohibit a conviction on the greater offense in light of the jury’s not guilty verdict for the lesser included offense.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Michael Robert Ufferman
Michael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A.
For respondent
Trisha Meggs Pate
Office of the Attorney General Criminal Appeals Division Tallahassee
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 04 2021Petition DENIED.
- Sep 01 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
- Aug 23 2021Waiver of right of respondent state of florida to respond filed.
- Jul 01 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 16, 2021)