No. 19-5252

Jonathan Thomas Wright v. West Virginia

Lower Court: West Virginia
Docketed: 2019-07-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: arraignment criminal-complaint de-novo-appeal essential-elements hearsay-doctrine oath personal-knowledge physical-evidence police-officer
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2019-11-22 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether it is a violation of the Hearsay Doctrine for one police officer coming on duty who has no personal knowledge of the events which occurred to swear to a Criminal Complaint before a judicial officer for another police officer whose shift has ended

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED . I. Whether it is a violation of the Hearsay Doctrine for one police officer coming on ‘ duty who has no personal knowledge of the events which occurred to swear to a Criminal Complaint before a judicial officer for another police officer whose shift has ended. I. Whether an Appellate Court in hearing a de novo appeal can refuse to examine . physical evidence, in this case a video, which forms the basis of an appeal argument and make a tuling based on the lower court’s opinion of the evidence. / Il. | Whether the absence of an essential element of a criminal charge must be proven or can be assumed and, if it can be assumed, under what circumstances. ii =

Docket Entries

2019-11-25
Rehearing DENIED.
2019-11-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2019.
2019-10-28
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-22
Waiver of right of respondent West Virginia to respond filed.
2019-07-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 19, 2019)

Attorneys

Jonathan Thomas Wright
Jonathan Thomas Wright — Petitioner
Jonathan Thomas Wright — Petitioner
West Virginia
Lindsay Sara SeeOffice of the West Virginia Attorney General, Respondent
Lindsay Sara SeeOffice of the West Virginia Attorney General, Respondent