No. 19-6411

Tyler Joseph Barefield v. Arkansas

Lower Court: Arkansas
Docketed: 2019-10-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: alternative-perpetrator alternative-perpetrator-evidence constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-evidence criminal-procedure due-process evidence right-to-defense right-to-present-defense state-evidentiary-requirements state-evidentiary-rules
Key Terms:
DueProcess Privacy
Latest Conference: 2019-12-13
Question Presented (AI Summary)

To what extent may a State restrict the ability of a defendant to present evidence tending to establish that another person committed the offense?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED To what extent— consistent with the right to present a defense — may a State restrict the ability of a defendant to present evidence tending to establish that another person committed the offense. i

Docket Entries

2019-12-16
Petition DENIED.
2019-11-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/13/2019.
2019-11-26
Waiver of right of respondent State of Arkansas to respond filed.
Main Document
2019-10-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 27, 2019)
Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisPetitionAppendixOther

Attorneys

State of Arkansas
Michael Anthony Cantrell — Office of the Arkansas Attorney General, Respondent
Tyler Barefield
Jeffrey Marx Rosenzweig — Petitioner