No. 19-5802

Travis Wade Matthews v. Pennsylvania

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2019-09-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review burden-of-proof civil-rights criminal-procedure dna-evidence dna-testing due-process identification jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia mccoy-v-louisiana victim-identification witness-identification
Key Terms:
Privacy
Latest Conference: 2019-10-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

whether-dna-testing-is-client-choice

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. _Inacase where the identity of the person who brandished a gun is central to the case, is the choice of whether to ask for DNA testing of the gun, one of the choices reserved to the Appellant : under McCoy v. Louisiana, 138 S.Ct. 1500 (2018) II. Where the victim of a robbery identified the perpetrators of the robbery as two black men and Petitioner is a caucasian who was never identified by the victim as the perpetrator, has the Petitioner stated a claim under Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979) ii LISTS OF PARTIES ; All parties appear in the caption of the case on the cover page.

Docket Entries

2019-10-21
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019.
2019-09-16
Waiver of right of respondent Pennsylvania to respond filed.
2019-08-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 4, 2019)
2019-06-18
Application (18A1329) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until August 29, 2019.
2019-06-11
Application (18A1329) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 30, 2019 to August 29, 2019, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Pennsylvania
James L. McMonagle Jr.Luzerne County District Attorney's Office, Respondent
James L. McMonagle Jr.Luzerne County District Attorney's Office, Respondent
Travis Matthews
Travis Wade Matthews — Petitioner
Travis Wade Matthews — Petitioner