No. 20-6025

Steven McManus v. Mary Vann, Superintendent, Altona Correctional Facility

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2020-10-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: burden-of-proof emotional-appeals evidence-mischaracterization fair-trial inflammatory-statements prosecutorial-misconduct vouching witness-vouching
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the cumulative effect of the prosecutor's actions deprived the petitioner of a fair trial?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED Whether the cumulative effect of the prosecutor ~. ~~ continually referencing matters not.in evidence; her vouching for her witnesses; her acting as an unsworn witness (adding her personal opinions), her attempting to shift the burden of proof . to the defendant; her attacking the defense counsel rather than the evidence; and her mischaracterizing the evidence, deprived = the petitioner of a fair trial? : Whether the prosecutor, knowing the sensative nature of ; the charges presented should have taken special care not to pla on the jury's emotions; and whether her incessant use (64 times) of improper the -. jury and deprived the petitioner of a fair trial given the inflammatory nature of the charges in this case?

Docket Entries

2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-09-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 16, 2020)

Attorneys

Steven McManus
Steven McManus — Petitioner