No. 20-5389

Milkiyas Bayisa v. United States

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2020-08-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-procedure closing-argument constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review prosecutorial-misconduct rebuttal religious-references
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the prosecutor's repeated references to God during rebuttal closing argument constituted highly prejudicial prosecutorial misconduct resulting in a denial of due process of law

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW |. WHETHER THE PROSECUTOR’S REPEATED REFERENCES TO GOD DURING REBUTTAL CLOSING ARGUMENT CONSTITUTED HIGHLY PREJUDICIAL PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT RESULTING IN A DENIAL OF DUE PROCESS OF LAW Il. WHETHER THE MEMORANDUM OPINION AND JUDGMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS IS IN CONFLICT WITH OTHER CASES FROM THIS COURT AND OTHER CASES FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS . i

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-24
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-08-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 17, 2020)

Attorneys

Milkiyas Bayisa
Steven R. KiershSteven R. Kiersh, Petitioner
Steven R. KiershSteven R. Kiersh, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent