No. 20-5784
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
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. Gamso — Cuyahoga County Public Defender, Petitioner
State of Oho