No. 18-6287

Billy Jack Crutsinger v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-10-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 18-usc-3599 abuse-of-discretion constitutional-claim criminal-procedure-18-usc-3599 dna-evidence expert-services habeas-corpus judicial-discretion reasonable-necessity
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-01-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether establishing that requested expert services are reasonably necessary to the representation under 18 U.S.C. § 3599 requires articulation of a constitutional claim as a matter of law?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED qd) Whether establishing that requested expert services are reasonably necessary to the representation under 18 U.S.C. § 3599 requires articulation of a constitutional claim as a matter of law? (2) Whether it is an abuse of discretion to deny requested expert services under 18 U.S.C. § 3599 when the services are intended to inform counsel about the implications of a forensic development as to DNA evidence, which the State relied on at trial and has since disclosed was false? ii

Docket Entries

2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-11-20
Reply of petitioner Billy Jack Crutsinger filed. (Distributed)
2018-11-09
Brief of respondent Lori Davis, Dir., TX DCJ in opposition filed.
2018-10-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 9, 2018)

Attorneys

Billy Jack Crutsinger
Lydia M.V. BrandtThe Brandt Law Firm, P.C., Petitioner
Lori Davis, Dir., TX DCJ
Gwendolyn Suzanne VindellOAG, Respondent