No. 18-7010

Jermaine Mitchell v. United States

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2018-12-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: confrontation-clause expert-testimony expert-witness forensic-evidence lab-reports law-enforcement-testimony lay-testimony narcotics narcotics-testimony scientific-evidence sixth-amendment testimonial-evidence
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2019-01-11
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether law enforcement (lay) testimonies about the narcotics character of certain substances may be shined with the expert testimonial gloss of unproduced lab reports in violation of (and indeed an end run around) Bullcoming v. New Mexico, 564 U.S. 647, 652 (2011)?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED 1) Whether law enforcement (lay) testimonies about the narcotics character of certain substances may be shined with the expert testimonial gloss of unproduced lab reports in violation of (and indeed an end run around) Bullcoming v. New Mexico, 564 U.S. 647, 652 (2011)? 1

Docket Entries

2019-01-14
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/11/2019.
2018-12-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-12-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 11, 2019)

Attorneys

Jermaine Edward Mitchell
Seth KretzerLaw Office of Seth Kretzer, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent