No. 20-7729
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: competency-hearing confrontation-clause cooperating-witness cross-examination due-process impeachment indiana-v-edwards self-representation witness-impeachment
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2021-05-13
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the termination of cross-examination of a cooperating-witness-with-incentives-to-lie prior to being able to impeach the witness violated the confrontation-clause
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the termination of cross-examination of a cooperating*with incentives to lie prior to being able to impeach the witness violated the confrontation clause? If so, can reasonable jurists debate the issues? . Whether allowing a documented schizophrenia defendant to represent himself at trial, and facing a life sentence, violated due process of law by not having a competency hearing in light of Indiana v. Edwards, 171 L. Ed. 2d 345 U.S. 164 (2008)? If so, can reasonable jurists debate this issue?
Docket Entries
2021-05-17
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/13/2021.
2021-04-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-03-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 13, 2021)
Attorneys
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent