No. 18-8955

Gregory Butler v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2019-04-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 6th-amendment certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process evidence fourteenth-amendment jury-instructions other-crimes-evidence sixth-amendment trial-fairness witness-confrontation
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-06-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court and the third circuit erred in refusing to issue a certificate of appealability

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the district court and the third circuit erred in refusing to issue a certificate of appealability when it determined the admission of the other crimes evidence did not violate the Petitioner's due process right under the Fourteenth Amendment? 2. Whether the jury instructions was so erroneous that it . violated Petitioner's due process an render the trial fundamentally unfair? 3. Whether the district court and the third circuit erred when it determined that limiting defense counsel. cross-examination in an effort-to impeach the State's witness did not violate Petitioner's Sixth Amendment to confront the witness against him? ii

Docket Entries

2019-06-24
Petition DENIED.
2019-06-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.
2019-04-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 23, 2019)

Attorneys

Gregory Butler
Gregory Butler — Petitioner
Gregory Butler — Petitioner