No. 18-9613
Matthew L. Smeltzer v. Audrey King
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-commitment complete-defense due-process erroneous-standard expert-testimony legal-standard section-2254 volitional-impairment
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
DueProcess HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the petitioner was denied his due process right to present a complete defense during his civil commitment trial when the trial court precluded his expert from providing a legal basis for the proper definition of volitional impairment in order to correct an erroneous standard which had been provided by the state
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
No question identified. :
Docket Entries
2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-06-26
Waiver of right of respondent Audrey King to respond filed.
2019-06-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 11, 2019)
Attorneys
Audrey King
Matthew Smeltzer
Jami Lynn Ferrara — Law Office of Jami L. Ferrara, Petitioner