No. 18-9566
IFP
Tags: closing-arguments credibility due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment theory-of-the-case witness-credibility
Latest Conference:
2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. WAS PETITIONER'S SIXTH AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO A FAIR TRIAL VIOLATED WHEN THE PROSECUTOR COMMITTED PLAIN AND OBVIOUS CONSTITUTIONAL ERROR IN ITS CLOSING ARGUMENTS WHEN THE PROSECUTOR GAVE THE JURY HIS PERSONAL OPINION THAT (1) PETITIONER WAS A BAD PERSON FOR CALLING CALL HIS 5YEAR OLD SON TO TESTIFY, (2) THAT PETITIONER'S 5-YEAR-OLD SON WAS NOT A CREDIBLE WITNESS, AND (3) BELITTLED AND RIDICULED PETITIONER'S THEORY OF THE CASE?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Was petitioner's sixth and fourteenth amendment rights to a fair trial violated?
Docket Entries
2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-05-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 8, 2019)
Attorneys
Jason Brady Sain
Jason Sain — Petitioner