No. 18-6124

Sherman Washington, aka Sherman Lance Washington v. Carmen Denise Palmer, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-09-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admission fair-trial fair-trial-denial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mre-404b other-bad-acts other-bad-acts-testimony res-gestae sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess Securities
Latest Conference: 2018-11-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether petitioner was denied a fair trial by the admission of irrelevant other bad acts testimony

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1 WHETHER PETITIONER WAS DENIED A FAIR TRIAL BY THE ADMISSION OF IRRELEVANT OTHER BAD ACTS TESTIMONY; THE EVIDENCE WAS NOT ADMISSIBLE UNDER EITHER MRE 404B OR THE “RES GESTAE” EXCEPTION AND TRIAL COUNSEL WAS INEFFECTIVE IN FAILING TO OBJECT. US CONST AM VI, XIV. Court of Appeals answered “No” Petitioner answered “Yes” I. ©WHETHER PETITIONER WAS DENIED A FAIR TRIAL BY THE INTRODCTION OF IRRELEVANT EVIDENCE THAT WAS UNCONNECTED TO THE CRIME AND COUNSEL WAS INEFFECTIVE IN FAILING TO OBJECT. US CONST AM VI, XIV. Court of Appeals answered “No” Petitioner answered “Yes” Il. WHETHER PETITIONER WAS DENIED A FAIR TRIAL BY THE INTRODCTION OF IRRELEVANT AND HIGHLY PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE IMPLYING THAT HE HAD A CRIMINAL PAST AND TRIAL COUNSEL WAS INEFFECTIVE IN FAILING TO OBJECT. US CONST AM VI, XIV. Court of Appeals answered “No” Petitioner answered “Yes”

Docket Entries

2018-12-03
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/30/2018.
2018-11-05
Waiver of right of respondent Carmen Denise Palmer, Warden to respond filed.
2018-09-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 29, 2018)
2018-07-27
Application (18A98) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until October 6, 2018.
2018-07-19
Application (18A98) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 7, 2018 to October 6, 2018, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Carmen Denise Palmer, Warden
Aaron David LindstromMichigan Department of Attorney General, Respondent
Aaron David LindstromMichigan Department of Attorney General, Respondent
Sherman Washington
Sherman Lance Washington — Petitioner
Sherman Lance Washington — Petitioner