No. 19-6365

Deontae Travohn Davis v. Duncan MacLaren, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-10-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process expert-witness handwriting-expert perjury preliminary-examination
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2020-01-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can this court extend expert witness needed beyond psychiatrist specialist, because courts refused offer handwriting expert to assist petitioner defense, impeach and show prosecution witness has committed perjury under oath?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED CAN THIS COURT EXTEND EXPERT WITNESS NEEDED BEYOND PSYCHIATRIST SPECIALIST, BECAUSE COURTS REFUSED OFFER HANDWRITING EXPERT TO ASSIST PETITIONER DEFENSE, IMPEACH AND SHOW PROSECUTION WITNESS HAS COMMITTED PERJURY UNDER OATH? It. CAN THIS QURT CLEARLY ESTABLISH FEDERAL LAW HOLDING THAT CROSS-EXAMINATION IS ‘ VIOLATED ONCE PROSECUTION WITNESS TESTIFIES AT ‘TRIAL ON DIRECT-EXAMINATION, OFFERING COMPLETELY CONTRADICTORY TESTIMONY FROM THAT OF HIS PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION, IS IT A VIOLATION OF CONFRONTATION CLAJSE WHEN PETITIONER IS UNABLE TO CROSS-EXAMINE PROSECUTION WITNESS 44 MINUTE TRIAL TESTIMONY, WHICH NOW DOES NOT IDENTIFY PETITIONER? Til. CAN THIS COURT ESTABLISH FEDERAL LAW HOLDING THAT CROSS-EXAMINATION AT PRELIMINARY— EXAMINATION HEARING IS INSUFFICIENT TO SATISFY CONFRONTATION CLAJSE, IS NOT CROSS-— EXAMINATION “CONFRONTATION CLAUSE" BASICALLY A TRIAL RIGHT?

Docket Entries

2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2018-08-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 25, 2019)
2018-06-27
Application (17A1424) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until August 31, 2018.
2018-06-20
Application (17A1424) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 2, 2018 to August 31, 2018, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Deontae Travohn Davis
Deontae Travohn Davis — Petitioner