No. 18-5453

Mark Elliott v. Carmen Denise Palmer, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-08-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: brady-v-maryland brady-violation confrontation-clause due-process due-process-brady-v-maryland favorable-to-accused hearsay-testimony ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel material-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct remand-for-coa right-to-confrontation sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-05-09 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

whether-under-brady-and-its-progeny-the-prosecution's-intentional-nondisclosure-of-petitioner's-requested-911-audio-recordings-requires-his-convictions-to-be-set-aside-or-a-remand-for-coa

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

question presented is: whether under Brady and its progeny, could reasonable jurist debate whether the prosecution team's intentdonal nondisclosure of Petitioner's requested 911 audio recordings requires that his convictions be set aside or that remand is necessary for the issuance of a COA. : QUESTION IT: : oo In Strickland v. Washington, this Court recognized the Sixth Amendment right to counsel exists and is needed in order to protect the fundamental right to a fair trial. 466 U.S. 668, 684 (1984). The question presented is: whether . . under Strickland and its progeny, could reasonable jurist debate if initially retained, pretrial counsel was ineffective for failing to use any legal means other than basic discovery to obtain Petitioner's 911 audio recordings that Petitioner made counsel aware of when he was retained, implored counsel to obtain said recordings and that were critical to his defense; and, if such ineffectiveness requires Petitioner's convictions to be set aside or a remand for a COA to issue QUESTION III: : , In Crawford v. Washington, this Court announced that where testimonial evidence is at issue, the Sixth Amendment demands unavailability, a prior opportunity for cross-examination, or plainly, confrontation of one's accusers. . 541 U.S. 36, 37-38 (2004). The question presented is: whether under Crawford and its progeny, could reasonable jurist debate whether the expert medical . examiner's hearsay testimony, from a Detroit Police Fatal Squad report that was-compiled from unnamed witnesses’ statements on the ultimate issue of intent, violated Petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to confrontation and if such violation requires Petitioner's convictions to .be set aside or a remand is necessary for a COA. : QUESTION IV: : : In Strickland 'v. Washington, this Court recognized the Sixth Amendment right to counsel exists and is needed in order to protect the fundamental right to a fair trial. 466 U.S. 668, 684 (1984). The question presented is: whether ; under Strickland and its progeny, could reasonable jurist debate whether trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective for failing to object and request a “curative instruction to the, obvious, highly prejudicial hearsay testimony of the expert medical examiner that came from a document prepared by the Detroit ' Police Fatal Squad, and: wasi compiled from unnamed witnesses statements; and, .. does such ineffectiveness: require Petitioner's convictions to be set aside or a remand is necessary for a COA. a ry o . QUESTION V: In Evitts v. Lucey, this Court announced that nominal representation on an appeal of right,. like nominal representation at trial, do not suffice to . render the proceedings constitutionally adequate. 469 U.S. 387, 396 (1985). The question presented is: whether under Evitts and its progeny, could reasonable jurist debate whether appellate counsel was constitutionally ineffective for failing to investigate and raise the above substantive constitutional violations in Petitioner's right to appeal and if such ineffectiveness consti: tutes cause and prejudice to excuse the procedural default of the above claims or a remand is necessary for the issuance of a COA. : : : iv : :

Docket Entries

2019-05-13
Rehearing DENIED.
2019-04-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2019.
2019-04-10
Application (18A1041) to file petition for rehearing in excess of page limits granted by Justice Sotomayor. The petition for rehearing may not exceed 23 pages.
2018-10-29
Application (18A1041) to file petition for rehearing in excess of page limits, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.
2018-10-29
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2018-10-09
Petition DENIED. Justice Kavanaugh took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2018-09-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/5/2018.
2018-09-05
Waiver of right of respondent Carmen D. Palmer, Warden to respond filed.
2018-05-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 5, 2018)
2018-03-23
Application (17A1012) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until May 15, 2018.
2018-03-07
Application (17A1012) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 10, 2018 to May 15, 2018, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Carmen D. Palmer, Warden
Aaron David LindstromMichigan Department of Attorney General, Respondent
Mark Elliott
Mark G. Elliott — Petitioner