No. 18-5458

Kevin Taylor v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-08-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: cause-and-prejudice comity compulsory-process confrontation-clause due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fundamental-fairness ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Mr. Taylor's Sixth Amendment right to confront and cross-examine his accusers was violated when he was denied Compulsory Process

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1.) Whether Mr. Taylor’s Sixth Amendment right to confront and cross-examine his accusers was violated when he was denied Compulsory Process. 2.) Whether Mr. Taylor’s Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel was violated due to; Trial counsel failed to interview or call as a witness, John Woods, who would have discredited evidence against Mr. Taylor. 3.) Whether the principles of comity and finality that inform the concepts of cause and prejudice must yield to the imperative of correcting a fundamentally unjust incarceration. 4.) Whether the continued incarceration of Mr. Taylor would be a violation of his Rights to Due Process of Law from the errors committed.

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-15
Waiver of right of respondent Darrel Vannoy to respond filed.
2018-06-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 4, 2018)

Attorneys

Darrel Vannoy
Christopher James PonoroffOrleans Parish District Attorney's Office, Respondent
Christopher James PonoroffOrleans Parish District Attorney's Office, Respondent
Kevin Taylor
Kevin Taylor — Petitioner
Kevin Taylor — Petitioner