No. 18-9716

Andrew J. Hunter, Jr. v. Louisiana

Lower Court: Louisiana
Docketed: 2019-06-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: compulsory-process confrontation-clause constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure defense-rights due-process fair-trial judicial-bias prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel subpoena-power
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Did Louisiana Courts err in denying Andrew Hunter's right to a fair trial and subsequent review when rejecting claims involving, Conflicting Decisions of this Honorable Court? The State Court erroneously interpreted the application of constitutional law causing material injustice and significantly affects the public interest. Louisiana Courts also grossly departed from proper judicial proceedings in this case abusing its powers in such ways causing this Court to exercise its authority.

Mr. Hunter contends, the Louisiana Fourth Cirouit Court of Appeals and State Supreme Court erred in upholding the convictions and sentences in this case. This error is in dired conflict with jurisprudence set by those Court and this Honorable Court.

The Courts have consistently held, prejudice is presumed when a district court erroneously denies a challenge for cause and the defendant ultimately exhausts his peremptory challenges. Jurisprudence further mandates that when a distrid court's erroneous ruling depriving afendanta pereptoycalleng ustantially violates thatdefenans rght it onsttes reversible error.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the state court's favoritism toward the victim, denial of the defense's right to subpoena witnesses, denial of cross-examination, and prejudicial comments by the court and prosecutor

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-06-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-06-21
Waiver of right of respondent Louisiana to respond filed.
2019-05-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 19, 2019)

Attorneys

Andrew J. Hunter
Andrew J. Hunter Jr. — Petitioner