No. 18-9774
Hsiu Ying Lisa Tseng v. California
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
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 Wefald — Attorney at Law, Petitioner
Verna Jean Wefald — Attorney at Law, Petitioner
State of California
Lance E. Winters — California Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Lance E. Winters — California Attorney General's Office, Respondent