No. 18-9774

Hsiu Ying Lisa Tseng v. California

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2019-06-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process estelle-v-mcguire evidence federal-due-process fourteenth-amendment prior-act-evidence propensity-evidence state-trial
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the admission of irrelevant prior act evidence in a state trial that amounts to propensity evidence violates Fourteenth Amendment due process

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether this Court should finally decide that the admission of irrelevant prior act evidence in a state trial that amounts to nothing more than propensity evidence violates Fourteenth Amendment due process, a question left open by Estelle v. McGuire, 502 U.S. 62, 70 (1991)? i

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 State of California to respond filed.
2019-06-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 24, 2019)

Attorneys

Hsiu Ying Tseng
Verna Jean WefaldAttorney at Law, Petitioner
Verna Jean WefaldAttorney at Law, Petitioner
State of California
Lance E. WintersCalifornia Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Lance E. WintersCalifornia Attorney General's Office, Respondent