No. 18-5301

Cahlan Clay v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-07-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: compulsory-process confrontation-clause criminal-defense criminal-procedure cross-examination defendant-rights defense-strategy due-process evidence fair-trial judicial-discretion jury-instructions jury-trial trial-procedure witness-examination
Key Terms:
Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a court may dictate the manner by which a defendant presents his case to the jury by forcing defense counsel to rely exclusively on the cross-examination of government witnesses to establish the defense theory

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED I. Whether a court may dictate the manner by which a defendant presents his case to the jury by forcing defense counsel to rely exclusively on the cross-examination of government witnesses to establish the defense theory. i

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-07-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-07-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 20, 2018)

Attorneys

Cahlan Clay
Stephen Carl MossFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent