No. 18-7291

Dillon Wade Thompson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-01-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure deliberation digital-cameras due-process evidence evidence-admissibility judicial-discretion jury jury-deliberations lewd-exhibition prosecutorial-misconduct trial
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-03-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is it a violation of a defendant's Due Process rights if, while deliberating, the fact-finder viewed evidence that was not shown at trial, even if said evidence was submitted as a large electronic batch of evidence along with evidence that was shown at trial?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Is it a violation of a defendant's Due Process rights if, while , deliberating, the fact-finder viewed evidence that was not shown at trial, even if said evidence was submitted as a large electronic batch of evidence along with evidence that was shown durtrial? 2. What can be done to prevent prosecutors and courts from overreaching the phrase ‘lewd exhibition of the genitals'? 3. Can this Court do something to stop digital cameras from being treated as murder weapons? page 1

Docket Entries

2019-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
2018-09-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 7, 2019)

Attorneys

Dillon Wade Thompson
Dillon Wade Thompson — Petitioner
Dillon Wade Thompson — Petitioner