Lester B. Lynch v. Beth Cabell, Warden
DueProcess FourthAmendment HabeasCorpus
Were the petitioner's 5th and 14th Amendment rights violated when the Commonwealth failed to provide the trial court with exculpatory evidence?
Question Presented 1. Were the petitioner’s 5th and 14th Amendment rights violated when the Commonwealth failed to provide the trial court with exculpatory evidence? a. Did the trial court err in failing to consider the Petitioner’s initial PostTrial Brief in its ruling? b. Did the trial court err in considering only Attorney Anderson’s hearing testimony in denying Petitioner’s Writ of Habeas Corpus? c. Did the trial court err in holding that the Petitioner did not meet the burden of proving that the Commonwealth suppressed the statements at issue? 2. Did the trial court err in interpreting Strickler v. Greene, 527 U.S. 263, 119 S. Ct. 1936 (1999) to require a Petitioner for Writ of Habeas Corpus to carry the burden to prove that the evidence was suppressed?