No. 20-1401

James Dennis v. Virginia

Lower Court: Virginia
Docketed: 2021-04-06
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: confrontation-clause constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process false-evidence fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment prosecutor prosecutorial-misconduct
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2021-05-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does any Court have the authority to extinguish a defendant's due process rights via the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment by allowing the prosecutor to proffer false evidence?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Questions Presented for Review A. Does any Court have the authority to extinguish a defendant’s due process rights via the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment by allowing the prosecutor to proffer false ; evidence? . B. Does a Virginia Court have the authority to violate the Confrontation Clause of the Constitution by allowing any hearsay testimony? : Cc. Can a Virginia Court subject a defendant to cruel and unusual punishment based on an ; ; erroneous proffer by the prosecution? D. Does a Virginia Court have the authority to : extinguish a defendant’s post commitment First Amendment Rights? : i PETITION FOR CERTIORARI List of All

Docket Entries

2021-05-24
Petition DENIED.
2021-05-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/20/2021.
2021-04-28
Waiver of right of respondent Virginia to respond filed.
2021-04-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 6, 2021)

Attorneys

James Gardner Dennis
James Gardner Dennis — Petitioner
Virginia
Toby Jay HeytensOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent