No. 20-5784

Cedric Jeffries v. Ohio

Lower Court: Ohio
Docketed: 2020-09-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: complaining-witness confrontation confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process evidence prior-sexual-assault rape-shield-law sexual-assault witness-testimony
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a State rape-shield law violate the Constitutional rights to confrontation and due process?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED L. Does a State rape-shield law violate the Constitutional rights to confrontation and due process when it excludes evidence that a complaining witness had previously been the victim of a non-consensual sexual assault by a person other than the defendant, which evidence was necessary for the jury's evaluation of the complaining witness' testimony? ii

Docket Entries

2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-11-25
Brief of respondent State of Oho in opposition filed.
2020-10-14
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 25, 2020.
2020-10-13
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 26, 2020 to November 25, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-09-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 26, 2020)

Attorneys

Cedric Jeffries
Jeffrey M. GamsoCuyahoga County Public Defender, Petitioner
State of Oho
Katherine Elizabeth MullinOffice of the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, Respondent