No. 18-7189

George Leslie Manlove v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-12-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights credibility due-process fact-finding fair-trial jury-role leading-questions prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-jury witness-credibility
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2019-02-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was petitioner denied his constitutional rights, including his right to a fair trial, because the prosecutor's calculated, sustained, and improper use of leading questions during the direct testimony of the government's star witness usurped both the jury's role as fact finder and the jury's duty to determine credibility and presented a confused and distorted picture of the evidence to the jury?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED WAS PETITIONER DENIED HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING HIS RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL, BECAUSE THE PROSECUTOR’S CALCULATED, SUSTAINED, AND IMPROPER USE OF LEADING QUESTIONS DURING THE DIRECT TESTIMONY OF THE GOVERNMENT’S STAR WITNESS USURPED BOTH THE JURY’S ROLE AS FACT FINDER AND THE JURY’S DUTY TO DETERMINE CREDIBILITY AND PRESENTED A CONFUSED AND DISTORTED PICTURE OF THE EVIDENCE TO THE JURY? i

Docket Entries

2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-09
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-12-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 28, 2019)

Attorneys

George Manlove
Daniel DonovanDaniel Donovan PC, Petitioner
Daniel DonovanDaniel Donovan PC, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent