No. 20-7700
Robert Ibarra v. W. L. Montgomery, Acting Warden
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: co-defendant-statements co-perpetrator-statements confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process evidence-exclusion first-degree-murder hearsay right-to-defense right-to-present-defense
Latest Conference:
2021-05-20
Question Presented (from Petition)
Does the exclusion of statements by a co-perpetrator that he was solely responsible for the charged murder and the defendant was innocent, including the statement in open court that "I'm guilty of the murder and [defendant] is not," violate the defendant's federal constitutional right to present a defense at trial?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does the exclusion of statements by a co-perpetrator that he was solely responsible for the charged murder and the defendant was innocent violate the defendant's federal constitutional right to present a defense at trial?
Docket Entries
2021-05-24
Petition DENIED.
2021-05-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/20/2021.
2021-04-28
Waiver of right of respondent W.L. Montgomery to respond filed.
2021-04-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 10, 2021)
Attorneys
Robert Ibarra
Mark R. Drozdowski — Office of the Federal Public Defend, Petitioner
W.L. Montgomery
Xiomara Costello — Respondent