No. 18-9260
Frederick E. Braxton v. Tennessee
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: coram-nobis due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause eyewitness perjury trial-judge witness-credibility
Latest Conference:
2019-06-20
Question Presented (from Petition)
Is Due Process and/or Equal Protection Clauses of the XIVth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution violated when the sole eyewitness to a crime is the victim, who testified at a coram nobis hearing that he committed perjury at the original trial, if the trial judge sua sponte decides that the victim is a liar, but not a liar at the original trial?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Is Due Process and/or Equal Protection Clauses of the XIVth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution violated when the sole eyewitness to a crime is the victim, who testified at a coram nobis hearing that he committed perjury at the original trial, if the trial judge sua sponte decides that the victim is a liar, but not a liar at the original trial?
Docket Entries
2019-06-24
Petition DENIED.
2019-06-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.
2019-05-28
Waiver of right of respondent State of Tennessee to respond filed.
2019-03-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 13, 2019)
Attorneys
Frederick Braxton
Gregory D. Smith — Law Offices of Gregory D. Smith, Petitioner
State of Tennessee
David H. Findley — Tennessee Attorney General, Respondent