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