No. 19-5879

Timothy L. Joe v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-09-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 6th-amendment cross-examination due-process evidence evidentiary-law impeachment impeachment-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel opioid-addiction police-misconduct sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-10-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can Florida's evidentiary laws constitutionally preclude impeachment evidence of opioid-addicted police officers?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED ) "The State’s key witness against the Petitioner in this case, former Detective Robert Carter, was arrested and subsequently terminated for possessing and using illegal prescription narcotics while on duty and during the course of the investigation of this case. The Petitioner alleged that his appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to raise this preserved issue on direct appeal that the trial court abused its discretion for precluding this crucial impeachment evidence. Thus | violating the Petitioner’s 6" Amendment right to effectively cross-examine the ‘witness. The case thus presents the following question: . Can Florida’s evidentiary laws constitutionally preclude impeachment evidence of opioid-addicted police officers? a Fy

Docket Entries

2019-10-21
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019.
2019-09-25
Waiver of right of respondents Mark Inch, et al. to respond filed.
2019-07-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 10, 2019)
2019-06-13
Application (18A1294) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until August 12, 2019.
2019-06-03
Application (18A1294) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 13, 2019 to August 12, 2019, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Mark Inch, et al.
Pamela J. KollerOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Pamela J. KollerOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Timothy Joe
Timothy L. Joe — Petitioner
Timothy L. Joe — Petitioner