No. 19-6063

William Alexander v. New York

Lower Court: New York
Docketed: 2019-09-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: chambers-v-mississippi confrontation-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admissibility eyewitness-testimony misidentification photographic-evidence
Key Terms:
FifthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Chambers v. Mississippi, 410 U.S. 284 (1973), and its progeny require the admission of reliable photographic evidence of what an accused was wearing on the day in question, particularly where the defense to the charges is one of misidentification, where no forensic evidence ties the accused to the crime, and where the excluded photographic evidence contradicts all eyewitness testimony

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether Chambers v. Mississippi, 410 U.S. 284 (1973), and its progeny require the admission of reliable photographic evidence of what an accused was wearing on the day in question, particularly where the defense to the charges is one of misidentification, where no forensic evidence ties the accused to the crime, and where the excluded photographic evidence contradicts all eyewitness testimony.

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-17
Reply of petitioner William Alexander filed.
2020-01-07
Brief of respondent The People of the State of New York in opposition filed.
2019-11-27
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 10, 2020.
2019-11-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 4, 2019 to January 10, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-11-04
Response Requested. (Due December 4, 2019)
2019-10-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2019.
2019-10-15
Waiver of right of respondent The People of the State of New York to respond filed.
2019-09-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 25, 2019)

Attorneys

The People of the State of New York
Leonard JobloveKings County District Attorney's Office, Respondent
William Alexander
Alan S. AxelrodThe Legal Aid Society, Criminal Appeals Bureau, Petitioner