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Derrick Chatman v. Mississippi
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Mississippi, No. 2023-KA-00583-SCT · judgment August 29, 2024
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Does a state court direct-remand rule that infers jury unanimity on a lesser-included offense violate the Sixth Amendment, where the jury’s verdict was ambiguous?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Graham Patrick Carner
Carner & Rosemon, PLLC
For respondent
Danielle Love Burks
Mississippi Attorney General's Office
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, March 24, 2025 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Mar 24 2025Petition DENIED.
- Mar 05 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/21/2025.
- Feb 25 2025Waiver of right of respondent State of Mississippi to respond filed.
- Feb 12 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 20, 2025)