No. 19-6567

Danny Lee Hill v. Ohio

Lower Court: Ohio
Docketed: 2019-11-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: bite-mark-evidence constitutional-rights conviction death-penalty death-sentence due-process expert-testimony fair-trial habeas-corpus scientific-evidence
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Punishment Privacy
Latest Conference: 2020-01-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a murder conviction and death sentence based on now recognized debunked unscientific evidence violates a petitioner's constitutional rights to fair trial and due process of law?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Bite-mark comparison evidence was the foundation of the State’s case that convicted Petitioner Danny Lee Hill of murder and sentenced him to death. The State of Ohio now acknowledges this evidence has been debunked as unscientific, and would be inadmissible in any current trial. The State of Ohio failed to grant Mr. Hill a new trial despite disqualification of and patent unreliability of this evidence. The question for this Court to address is whether a murder conviction and death sentence based on now recognized debunked unscientific evidence violates a petitioner’s constitutional rights to fair trial and due process of law? ii List of All

Docket Entries

2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-23
Reply of petitioner Danny Hill filed. (Distributed)
2019-12-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-12-03
Brief of respondent State of Ohio in opposition filed.
2019-11-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 9, 2019)
2019-08-30
Application (19A242) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until November 12, 2019.
2019-08-28
Application (19A242) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 10, 2019 to November 9, 2019, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.

Attorneys

Danny Hill
Vicki Ruth Adams WernekeFederal Public Defender's Office Northern Distrist of Ohio, Petitioner
Vicki Ruth Adams WernekeFederal Public Defender's Office Northern Distrist of Ohio, Petitioner
State of Ohio
Dennis WatkinsTrumbull County Prosecutor's Office, Respondent
Dennis WatkinsTrumbull County Prosecutor's Office, Respondent