No. 21-6945

Johnnie W. Byrd, III v. David W. Gray, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-01-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: burden-of-proof certificate-of-appealability criminal-justice-system criminal-procedure due-process federal-due-process-protections federal-judicial-system food-stamps judicial-review ohio-law sixth-circuit
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2022-03-25
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can the citizens of the United States have confidence in the fairness of our criminal-justice-system and its reforms if our system tolerates the total disregard for Byrd's due-process right to not be convicted of the crimes alleged except upon proof of every fact necessary to constitute the crime with which he is charged?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED Johnnie Byrd's case raises an issue of national importance in the wake of our Criminal Justice Systens efforts to regain the publics confidence in its ability to be fair. and just: Can the citizens of the United States have confidence in the fairness of our criminal justice system and its reforms if our system tolerates the total disregard for Byrd's due process right to not be convicted of the crimes alleged except upon proof of every fact necessary to constitute the crime with which he is charged? Did the United States Court of ‘Appeals, Sixth Circuit undermine the peoples confidence in our federal judicial system to protects it citizens federal due process protections by not issuing a certificate of appealability (C.0.A.) for review of the merits in this matter. When Byrd clearly demonstrated to the Magistrate and District Court how the respondent's failed to produce any evidence that he knew his employees at the store he managed ; (Byrd House) was stealing Food Stamps and/or WIC program benefits. And that the respondent's clear violation of Ohio Law forbidding the use of the value . of the stolen benefits to cause the jury to infer the essential knowingly element of the crime? BO 4. .

Docket Entries

2022-03-28
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/25/2022.
2022-01-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 22, 2022)

Attorneys

Johnnie W. Byrd, III
Johnnie W. Byrd III — Petitioner