No. 18-7322

Robert R. Yerton, Jr. v. Jason Bryant, Warden

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-01-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: appeal confrontation-clause criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process expert-witness federal-appeal indigent-defense sixth-amendment tenth-circuit
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-05-16 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Tenth Circuit Court erred in holding that the District Court of Tulsa County's refusal to permit a unique expert defense witness to present evidence favorable to the Petitioner/Defendant is not a violation of the Petitioner/Defendant's Confrontation Clause

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

ESTION(S) PRESENED Whether the Tenth Circuit Court erred in holding — in conflict with the Second, , Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, the D.C., and other Circuit Courts — that The District Court of Tulsa County's refusal to permit a unique expert defense witness to present evidence favorable to the is nofMiolation of the Confrontation Clause. Whether the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, The Federal District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, and the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals erred in their holding that the Petitioner did not exhaust his Federal Due Process because his appointed Oklahoma Indigent Defense System (O.1.D.S.) attorney made a , stylistic choice in presentation of the Petitioner's Direct Appeal that resulted in portions of the Petitioner's Direct Appeal to not be considered. |

Docket Entries

2019-05-20
Rehearing DENIED.
2019-04-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2019.
2019-04-03
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2019-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
2018-12-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 8, 2019)

Attorneys

Robert R. Yerton, Jr.
Robert R. Yerton Jr. — Petitioner