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Derrick Chatman v. Mississippi

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Mississippi, No. 2023-KA-00583-SCT · judgment August 29, 2024


Certiorari denied · March 24, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Mar 24 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 05 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/21/2025.
  3. Feb 25 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent State of Mississippi to respond filed.
  4. Feb 12 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 20, 2025)