No. 18-7024

Jacques Villafana v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections

Lower Court: Virginia
Docketed: 2018-12-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-challenge destruction-of-evidence due-process evidence evidence-destruction notice notice-requirement post-trial post-trial-procedure statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2019-02-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Virginia statutes, when applied in Petitioner's case, that allow for the destruction of evidence — post-trial — without notice are unconstitutional?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED 1. Whether the Virginia statutes, when applied in Petitioner's case, that allow for the destruction of evidence — post-trial — without notice are unconstitutional?

Docket Entries

2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-04
Waiver of right of respondent Clarke, Dir., VA DOC to respond filed.
2018-11-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 14, 2019)

Attorneys

Clarke, Dir., VA DOC
Toby Jay HeytensOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Toby Jay HeytensOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Jacques Villafana
Jacques Paul Villafana — Petitioner
Jacques Paul Villafana — Petitioner