No. 20-5483

Dion Black v. Norm Robinson, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-08-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause confrontation-rights cross-examination double-inference-rule effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sufficiency-of-evidence
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-10-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Should the petitioner have been granted a certificate of appealability

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Should the petitioner have been granted a certificate of appealability where the State courts,U.S. District Court and Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals determined that the State court judgment did not violate the double inference rule by relying on evidence not of record in violation of the petitioner's right to confrontation and effective cross-examination of adverse witnesses against him contrary to this Court's holdings in Tumey v. Ohio, 273 U.S. 510,47 S.ct. 745 (1927) & Gray v. Mississippi, 481 U.S. 648,107 S.ct. 2045 (1987) II.PARTIES The petitioner was convicted in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas(Ohio),for possession of herion which was affirmed by the Montgomery County,Ohio Court of Appeals and summarily affirmed by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio at Dayton and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the respondent herein is the warden of the London Correctional Institution, London, Ohio. III.JURISDICTION This Supreme Court of the United States retains jurisdiction to act. pursuant to 28 & 28 U.S.C. Section 2101(c) IV.CONSTITUTIONAL & STATUTORY PROVISIONS INVOLVED In re Winship,397 U.S. 358 (1970); Jackson v. Virginia,443 U.S. 307 (1979);Ohio Revised Code Section 2901.05(A) 2 V.

Docket Entries

2020-11-02
Petition DENIED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2020-10-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/30/2020.
2020-06-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 24, 2020)

Attorneys

Dion Black
Dion Black — Petitioner
Dion Black — Petitioner